A 14-year-old junior high school girl gave birth to a full-term baby in her school's bathroom. The baby was killed as she allegedly attempted to flush the crying baby down the toilet.
A student at Cedar Bayou Junior High School in Baytown Texas gave birth to a full-term baby.
According to Lt. Eric Freed the 14 year-old unidentified girl went to the restroom where she gave birth to the baby. The death of the infant is now under investigation by the Baytown police.
The eighth grade girl was alone but another student came into the restroom. When she heard the baby cry she went and told the school nurse. The nurse and the assistant principal rushed to the restroom to help. When they arrived it was too late as the girl had attempted to flush the infant down the toilet twice.
According to investigators the baby was alive when it was born. Police
told KPRC Local 2 the baby was killed by the girl trying to flush the baby down the toilet.
The Harris County Medical Examiner's Office picked the baby up and the girl was taken to Baytown Hospital where she is listed in stable condition.
Detectives said the case is being treated as a homicide. The police have not said if the baby is a girl or a boy.
Kathy Clausen of the Goose Creek Independent School District said everyone that she had talked to did not even know the girl was pregnant.
Parents were sent a letter telling of the incident.
