IN BRIEF: Mom of dumped baby gets 10 years in St. Louis

Published: November 15, 2008

Mom of dumped baby gets 10 years

ST. LOUIS — Jessica M. Phillips, 24, of Florissant, Mo., who placed her newborn baby in a garbage bin, pleaded guilty Friday and was sentenced to 10 years in prison. Phillips was charged with first-degree assault. Police said Phillips gave birth to a baby girl on May 18, 2006, in her boyfriend’s bathroom. Paramedics discovered the baby alive inside a trash bin behind a restaurant.

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