MD - Columbia woman charged with murder in death of newborn

[MicheleT]

Columbia woman charged with murder in death of newborn

Moira Akers, 38, who lives in the Carved Stone townhomes in Columbia, was charged with one count of first-degree murder, police said. Akers is also being charged with second-degree murder, first-degree assault and second-degree assault
It was determined through investigation that Akers had recently given birth inside her home. After responding to her home, investigators found a “male newborn in a zipped plastic bag under blankets in a closet,” police said. The baby was deceased.

 

[NervousNellie]

From the local police FB: Howard County Police Department

I guess this is a rhetorical question, but why did it take 4-5 months to arrest her?

 

[MicheleT]

Columbia Mom Suffocated Newborn Boy In Zipped Plastic Bag After Home Birth, Police Say

“We originally received a call from the hospital indicating a woman had been transported by paramedics,” Sherry Llewellyn, of Howard County Police, said. “Something about the incident just seemed suspicious. We quickly determined the woman had recently given birth in her home and our investigators responded there.”

A recent autopsy report classified the death as a homicide, saying the infant was full-term and alive at birth.

Looks like they were waiting on the autopsy report.
So she called 911 for an ambulance, but left the baby in the trash? She took herself to the hospital but not the baby. Was there something else wrong with her? Postpartum psychosis?

 

[NervousNellie]

Yes, I saw that the arrest was following autopsy results. It’s absurd the autopsy took that long.