VIA FACEBOOK Ariel Devonish-Francis, 19, delivered a stillborn baby and disposed of it in the garbage chute of her building, officials said.
A teen mother in the Bronx has been arrested after tossing her stillborn baby down a garbage chute, police said Sunday.
Ariel Devonish-Francis, 19, was charged with unlawful disposal of a cadaver.
The city medical examiner completed an autopsy Sunday and determined the baby was stillborn.
Norman Y. Lono for New York Daily News Ariel Devonish-Francis’ brother Clifton Jones stands next to the garbage chute where his sister dumped the body of her stillborn baby. He said he did not know that she was pregnant.
Devonish-Francis went to Albert Einstein University Hospital for medical treatment after the miscarriage in her home in the West Farms Road Rehabs housing project Saturday.
Her brother told the News he was home when she delivered the dead fetus in the bathroom, but didn’t even know she was pregnant.
“She kept constantly going back and forth to the bathroom —I thought it was maybe something she ate,” said Clifton Jones, 25.
“If I would have known, things would have been different.”
Norman Y. Lono for New York Daily News A small memorial stands outside the apartment building where Ariel Devonish-Francis gave birth to a stillborn baby that officials said she dumped down a garbage chute.
Devonish-Francis told hospital workers she dumped the fetus down the chute in her building, officials said.
Police found the fetus in a bag in the building’s basement just before 6 p.m. Saturday.
“That’s really disturbing,” said neighbor Helena Muniz, 21, who is pregnant.
“There are options. She could have knocked on anybody’s door. She could have knocked on my door.”
Neighbors set up a memorial outside the building Sunday with two teddy bears, a candle and vase of flowers.
Ariel Devonish-Francis, 19, was charged with unlawful disposal of a cadaver.
The city medical examiner completed an autopsy Sunday and determined the baby was stillborn.
Norman Y. Lono for New York Daily News Ariel Devonish-Francis’ brother Clifton Jones stands next to the garbage chute where his sister dumped the body of her stillborn baby. He said he did not know that she was pregnant. Devonish-Francis went to Albert Einstein University Hospital for medical treatment after the miscarriage in her home in the West Farms Road Rehabs housing project Saturday.
Her brother told the News he was home when she delivered the dead fetus in the bathroom, but didn’t even know she was pregnant.
Norman Y. Lono for New York Daily News This woman, who was unidentified but believed to be the mother of Ariel Devonish-Francis, hid her face, saying ‘Leave us alone’ as she left the building.
“If I would have known, things would have been different.”
Norman Y. Lono for New York Daily News A small memorial stands outside the apartment building where Ariel Devonish-Francis gave birth to a stillborn baby that officials said she dumped down a garbage chute. Police found the fetus in a bag in the building’s basement just before 6 p.m. Saturday.
“That’s really disturbing,” said neighbor Helena Muniz, 21, who is pregnant.
“There are options. She could have knocked on anybody’s door. She could have knocked on my door.”
Neighbors set up a memorial outside the building Sunday with two teddy bears, a candle and vase of flowers.
