Rancho Cordova Woman Charged With Murdering Newborn Son
A Rancho Cordova woman was arrested and faces charges after detectives determined she drowned her newborn infant in her apartment toilet after giving birth last July, according to Sacramento County sheriff’s spokesman. Kristen Gibson, 33, was arrested for homicide and assault on Thursday after a total investigation regarding the death of her newborn boy July 9, Sacramento County sheriff’s Sgt. R.L. Davis said.
Deputies responded to Gibson’s Mills Tower Drive apartment in Rancho Cordova after her roommate reported Gibson had given birth while on the toilet. Emergency personnel arrived and pronounced the full-term eight-pound baby dead. The investigation by the Sacramento County Coroners Office and the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Child Abuse detectives, shows that the baby boy was born alive and intentionally drowned in the toilet after Gibson severed the umbilical cord.
Gibson was booked into the Sacramento County Main Jail without bail. She is expected to be arraigned Monday the 8th.
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Posted by Michelle Ventress
on Dec 5 2008. Filed under Public Safety.
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This kind of stuff makes me afraid for the human race.
So maybe you do not know what the safe-haven law is.
Under the SSB law, a parent or person with lawful custody can safely surrender a baby confidentially and without fear of prosecution within 72 hours of birth.
The SSB law requires the baby be taken to a public or private hospital, designated fire station or other safe surrender site. No questions will be asked.
The SSB law provides a safe alternative to desperate mothers who are unwilling or unable to keep their babies.
Babies who are safely surrendered at a hospital are given medical treatment and placed in a foster home or pre-adoptive home. At the time of surrender, a bracelet is placed on the baby for identification purposes and a matching bracelet provided to the parent or lawful guardian in case the baby is reclaimed.
A parent or person with lawful custody has up to 14 days from the time of surrender to reclaim their baby.
http://www.babysafe.ca.gov
This makes me sad that she did not use the safe-haven law and drop her baby off to a fire station or hospital. We all need to know that we have options if we can not raise our children