A mother who threw her baby into the sea receives a 14-year prison sentence

A South Florida mother arrested and charged with murder for the death of a newborn baby, whose lifeless body was found in June 2018 in waters off the southeast coast of the state, has been sentenced this Wednesday to 14 years in prison after plead guilty in a case resolved with DNA evidence.

Arya Singh, 30, the mother of the girl nicknamed “Baby June”, pleaded guilty to aggravated manslaughter of a minor, for which she has been sentenced to 14 years in prison and another 10 years of probation, according to the outlet. local WPTV5, from West Palm Beach.

Singh had been charged with second-degree murder in the case known as “Baby June,” but pleaded guilty Wednesday to a lesser charge of aggravated murder of a child, along with another charge of abuse of a dead human body, the aforementioned details. half.

After being held without bail in December 2022, Singh denied guilt, stating that she did not know she was pregnant until she gave birth in a hotel room bathroom and that she also had no knowledge of whether the baby was alive or dead.

Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw offered details at a press conference last December about the resolution of this media case, resolved 4 years after the newborn baby was found floating in the Boynton Beach cove (this of Florida) on June 1, 2018.

On that date, off-duty firefighter Chris Lemieux, who was sailing, found the body of the baby, who doctors determined was no more than 2 weeks old.

The Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office Forensic Biology Unit used a pilot program to help identify the newborn girl's father and ultimately her mother, Singh.

A forensic doctor had determined that it was a homicide, given the conditions in which the body was found.

According to genetic DNA tests carried out, the baby was of 50% Asian and 50% African descent, a combination that occurs in places like Barbados, Trinidad or Jamaica.

Investigators believe the body was in the water for at least a day and may have floated from Broward County to its northern neighbor Palm Beach.

Investigators obtained a covert DNA sample from the woman they identified as a suspect from a piece of trash and began building the case.

They used search warrants for phone records and GPS data.

“The Mrs. Singh went to a hotel room alone and gave birth to a boy. As a result of your actions or inactions, the baby died. (She) never called 911, never sought medical treatment, never asked for help for herself, never left the baby at a fire station. She was the only person who could have saved that child's life,” the Palm Beach County State's Attorney's Office said in a statement after the sentence was announced today.