A young couple allegedly strangled their newborn baby to death in a California hospital just hours after the birth. According to authorities, they said they did not want the baby which led them to the decision to kill the child.
They soon found out that the mother name was Andrea Torralba, 20, and her boyfriend, David Villa, 21.
People Reports:
A California couple was arrested Friday after they allegedly strangled the woman’s newborn son in her hospital room shortly after she gave birth because they didn’t want him, say police.
Just before 8 a.m. on Friday, officers from the Oxnard Police Department responded to a call at St. John’s Medical Center and learned that a newborn was in critical condition with “suspicious injuries,” the Oxnard Police Department says in a release.
The couple allegedly admitted the violence to detectives, said Oxnard Police Sgt. Brandon Ordelheide, the Los Angeles Times reports.
Camacho allegedly told investigators that she didn’t want the baby and that Villa, her boyfriend, was not the child’s father, the Times reports.
Doctors worked for 10 hours trying to save the baby, who succumbed to his injuries Friday night, Ordelheide said.
“By the looks of the nurses, they did everything they could to try and revive that kid,” he said, the Times and the Associated Press report. “I can tell you this is probably one of the worst things these detectives can go through, is something like this, but we’re still trying to figure out what happened.”
While we deal with tragedies every day, the staff at St. John’s Regional Medical Center are devastated by the alleged incident,” the hospital said in a statement to KCBS-TV Channel 2.
“In the midst of this investigation, it is timely to remind our community of California’s Safe Surrender Law.”
In California, a baby up to three days old in can be anonymously surrendered at hospitals and fire stations – with no questions asked,according to state law.
This is such a disturbing story and I can not believe this couple would do something so cruel. Hopefully they will receive the appropriate punishment and authorities will prevent this from happening again. They could have easily gave this baby up for adoption instead of taking the baby precious life away. And now you’re officially in the KNOW!
