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Updated: 2:53 PM Aug 17, 2007
UPDATE: Woman Police Say Abandoned Baby Appears In Court
A not guilty plea was automatically entered for Angela Dawn Brooks in Boyd County District Court.
Posted: 6:20 PM Aug 11, 2007Reporter: Randy Yohe Email Address: randy.yohe@wsaz.com |
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The woman police say dropped off her newborn baby boy on a sweltering hot church doorstep faced a judge this morning.
A not guilty plea was automatically entered for Angela Dawn Brooks in Boyd County District Court.
The 29-year old from Louisa faces the felony charges of wanton endangerment and abandonment of a minor child. Brooks was arrested Friday night.
Catlettsburg police say Brooks left the 14 hour old Hispanic baby on the steps of First Church of the Nazarene Tuesday night. Police says she , then called 911 and reported on the baby from a nearby pay phone.
But, after a lengthy interview, investigators say Brooks may have been given bad advice and thought she had no other options. Investigators say she was advised by a WV adoption agency to drop the baby off at a church. Police also say she was afraid that her family would not accept the baby..
The baby is fine, a ward of the state
Police say our reports and showing surveillance video of suspect helped make the arrest
The single mother remains jailed on fifty thousand dollar cash bond.
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My heart goes out to Angela. She is our Cousin and I think she needs to have counseling. No matter what we have to remember she did what she though was best for the baby. There are many things she could have done far worse, if she wanted to harm the baby she never would have made the 911 call. Angela and her parents need our prayers and support right now. It is easy to say mean things but if you know the whole story I bet your opinion would be different.
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i am not upholding what she done as right...but if it was any of us in his place god only knows what we might have did...she is not getting off scott free....think of yourself in jail no way of seeing ur 2 yr old that u have only spend one night away from since his birth...this will be punishment for her the rest of her life...so no amount of jail tile could matter to her at this moment...put yourself in her shoes for awhile.....and her family also....she needs help right now more than hung....
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I think that the woman who left her own child on a church doorstep she get aressted as long as she can.
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