Alaya Dotson has been named as the teen mother accused of killing her newborn by forcing a rock down the baby’s throat, according to reports.
Police said the 16-year-old mother claimed she didn’t know she was pregnant until she gave birth. According to the Denver Police dispatch, they received an emergency 911 call from a woman claiming that her daughter had given birth to the infant and that the baby was on the ground in the backyard and “looked dead”.
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After the delivery, she took the newborn to the backyard of a home. She told the police she put a rock in the baby’s mouth and forced it down the throat of the child. source
Police found the baby behind the home, according to a probable cause affidavit.
Dotson is facing first-degree murder charges and is being tried as an adult.