Mother indicted for
murdering her own baby
in Brazil
A Brazilian woman was
indicted Thursday for
murdering her own newly
born daughter by
throwing her in a river
in Contagem, in the
Minas Gerais state.
Three people found the
baby alive on the
riverbank on Sept. 30
and took her to a
hospital, where she died
on Oct. 5 due to an
infection and a cerebral
edema.
The mother, Elisabete
Cordeiro, was denounced
and caught by police. In
her testimony, she
confessed to having
tried to abort the child
twice with the aid of a
neighbor who has also
been charged with
murder.
Cordeiro underwent
psychological tests and
was found with no mental
illness.
According to Brazil's
laws, if found guilty of
murdering, she can be
sentenced to 12 to 30
years in prison.
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