Harding said she then put the child in the full bathtub, drowned him and took a photo of the child floating face down in the tub. That photo was recovered from Harding’s cellphone, the complaints noted.
Harding picked up her child after he was “done moving, done twitching.” She said she had been texting Trudeau during the incident, and investigators recovered those text messages. After her initial text messages to Trudeau, warning she was about to “do something bad,” she texted him to say her child was dead. Subsequent messages sent to Trudeau referred to herself as a monster for what she had done, and asking Trudeau how to get away with it, her complaint explained.
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A criminal complaint filed in the case states that upon arrival at the hospital, officers found 20-year-old Esperanza Harding, who claimed her child died of natural causes in the hospital on March 1.
From the link:I can't find the babies name either
Her FB Esperanza Moreno-Harding
( look at her intro info on the top left side)
BF has been arrested as well
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Couple charged in connection with child's death at Bloomington hotel
Editor’s note: The contents of this article are disturbing.www.hometownsource.com
The 18-year-old man she is dating, Edwin Trudeau of Minnetonka, was arrested as well.
Harding was charged with one count of second-degree murder, with intent but not premeditated, in the death of her child. Trudeau was charged with one count of aiding an offender as an accomplice after the fact.
more at link
Well that is as "premeditated" as it gets, IMO. Susan Smith anyone?In another interview with Bloomington police, Harding said she killed the child because the man she was dating did not like him and wanted her to give the boy up for adoption, the complaint states. Her boyfriend, identified as Edwin Trudeau in court documents, has been charged with one count of aiding an offender.
According to the complaint, the night the boy died, Harding was taking a bath in the hotel when he started crying in the other room. The complaint goes on to say she texted her boyfriend, warning him she was going to kill the child. She allegedly texted him again after drowning the boy.
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Woman drowned son in Bloomington hotel bathtub before throwing his body in garbage, charges say
A Minnesota woman has been charged with murder after allegedly drowning her son in a hotel bathtub.www.cbsnews.com
Harding said she then put the child in the full bathtub, drowned him and took a photo of the child floating face down in the tub. That photo was recovered from Harding’s cellphone, the complaints noted.
Harding picked up her child after he was “done moving, done twitching.” She said she had been texting Trudeau during the incident, and investigators recovered those text messages. After her initial text messages to Trudeau, warning she was about to “do something bad,” she texted him to say her child was dead. Subsequent messages sent to Trudeau referred to herself as a monster for what she had done, and asking Trudeau how to get away with it, her complaint explained.
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Couple charged in connection with child's death at Bloomington hotel
Editor’s note: The contents of this article are disturbing.www.hometownsource.com
Yes, I was thinking the same just now. First degree, premeditated IMO. State prosecutors need to adhere to it. Wow…… the poor infant.Well that is as "premeditated" as it gets, IMO. Susan Smith anyone?