A mother in north Texas is facing a capital murder charge
for allegedly killing her one-day-old baby girl that she was 'trying to keep
from crying.'
According to the Weatherford Police Department, a man
called Tuesday requesting a welfare check at the home of his estranged,
pregnant wife.
He said Ashley Nicole Blades, 22, contacted him via text
to tell him that she'd given birth, but the baby had died.
Once officers arrived to Blades' home, she told them in
an interview that the infant was in the trunk of her car, a silver Ford Focus.
She gave them the keys to the car, where they found the
deceased infant wrapped in a towel that had been placed in a plastic bag.
A paramedic who arrived to the scene said the child was
cold to touch with visible lividity in the extremities, according to a probable
cause affidavit.
Police immediately detained Blades, who waived her right
to remain silent. She told detectives that she had given birth to the baby girl
Monday morning at the home, KDFW reported.
Blades admitted to officers that, 'at one point during
the day she was trying to keep the crying baby quiet so she covered the
infant's nose and mouth for a minute or two.'
She added that, 'the baby never cried or seemed the
same.'
Later that night, Blades, who lived at home with her
parents, said that she found the baby dead when she went to go check on her.
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