Mother accused of drowning newborn whose body was found in motel dumpster days later – WRDW

Mother accused of drowning newborn whose body was found in motel dumpster days later  WRDW

A woman is facing charges after investigators say she drowned her newborn daughter in a motel bathtub days before the baby’s body was found in a dumpster. FORT WORTH, Texas (Gray News) – A Texas woman is facing charges after investigators say she drowned her newborn daughter in a motel bathtub days before the baby’s body was found in a dumpster. Avia Lynette Cantrell, 23, is facing a capital murder charge after Fort Worth Police say she drowned her newborn daughter in a motel bathtub. The baby’s body was found in a dumpster outside the motel days later. Cantrell’s boyfriend, 26-year-old Camron Kyjuan Baker, was also arrested in relation to the case.

He is facing a charge of abuse of a corpse. Police responded about 8:40 p.m. Sunday to a Fort Worth motel after a baby was found in a dumpster outside. The baby was taken to the hospital, where they were pronounced dead, KTVT reports. Surveillance footage from Sunday afternoon showed a woman putting a box of items, including a car seat, into the dumpster. The motel manager identified the woman as Cantrell, according to an arrest affidavit obtained by The Dallas Morning News. Investigators questioned Cantrell, who admitted to giving birth last Wednesday morning in her motel bathtub, the affidavit says. She allegedly told detectives she left the