Teen mother tried to smother baby to death to "make life easier"

Bad: a 17-year-old mother was arrested on Friday after surveillance cameras caught her trying to smother her four-month-old to death to "make life easier." Worse: she admitted to attempting it three previous times. Worst: she's barely being charged. [This post has been republished from an external source]

Below is a video report from Dallas-Fort Worth's KDFW FOX affiliate about the arrest of Shantaniqua Nykole Scott, who is currently being held on $25,000 bail after surveillance cameras at the hospital she was at with her infant son caught her trying to smother him, first with a blanket, and then with her hand.

Here's where things get even crazier: according to KDFW, Scott admitted to three previous attempts to murder her child upon being arrested. When asked why she did it this time, Scott replied that she wanted to kill her baby to "make life easier." [Read more after the jump]

And here's the most outrageous part of all of this: Scott has been charged only with "causing injury to a child," and—while the felony could bring a penalty as high as life in prison—it would likely be much harder to sentence Scott to a more substantial term than if she was charged with attempted murder (and, given the admission of three previous attempts, why the hell wouldn't she be?).

Thankfully, hospital employees were able to revive Scott's son, who was barely breathing upon being found, before he expired—and he's expected to make a full recovery. [Republished from Gawker.TV]

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Indian mother tries to flush newborn down plane toilet

Some things that occur within airplane lavatories should perhaps be kept to the people involved...and no, we're not talking about the 'mile high club'.

One example would be that of the Indian mother who tried, following an onboard, lavatory-based birth, to flush her newborn baby down the toilet of the major international passenger plane on which she was traveling. According to the Telegraph:

The infant was found stuck in the toilet after the plane landed in Amritsar, northern India, and was rushed to hospital still attached to the toilet bowl, police and doctors told the Press Trust of India news agency.

HP Singh, a doctor at the Escorts Hospital near the airport, said that a team of surgeons used a saw cutter to remove the newborn's head from the toilet.

The 22-year old mother was reported to have left the plane immediately following its landing. Newspapers have further reported that the mother was an unmarried university student who had just completed a degree in medicine abroad. [Telegraph]

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