'Holy death': Mom accused of damning internet searches before allegedly killing preemie newborn
Estrella Meza-Ojeda faces murder charges after Utah police say she confessed to killing her premature baby, who required medical oxygen to breathe, because care was "too difficult."
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When police in Utah went to search for the body of Estrella Meza-Ojeda’s premature newborn on the side of the highway, all they found was a shred of fabric, believed to be from the blanket the 18-year-old mother allegedly wrapped the dead infant in before abandoning the body. Now, Meza-Ojeda faces a slew of felony charges including aggravated murder.
Estrella Meza-Ojeda gave birth to a premature infant unable to breathe on his own on Aug. 6 and after 22 days in an intensive care unit, doctors sent the child home with her as well as instructions for keeping the baby on supplemental oxygen, according to Utah radio station KSL. She was given both oxygen tanks and an oxygen monitor.
But less than a month later on Sept. 1, according to Wasatch County police, Meza’s roommate called 911 because the child had stopped breathing.
When Meza-Ojeda arrived at the hospital, she came without his tanks, prompting investigators later to believe this episode was likely her first attempt to kill the infant, Salt Lake City CBS affiliate KUTV reported.
Police executed a search warrant on Meza-Ojeda’s phone that allegedly showed internet searches on Sept. 3 related to killing the child and where to dump the body, KTVX reported.
“The Google search bar showed recent searches stating, ‘How much time will I serve in prison for killing my baby?’ ‘Taking a baby’s life holy death,’ ‘Kamas sewage treatment plant,’ ‘Salt Lake solid waste,’ and ‘garbage dumps near me,'” according to the arrest report obtained by KSL and KTVX.
