Woman charged with murder of new born baby

New York: Nausheen Rahman, 28, of Staten Island was charged with murder for allegedly dumping her newborn baby girl in the trash, reports said.

She was initially charged with concealment of a human corpse before the body of the baby was found outside her condominium on Saturday.

She was charged with second-degree murder after a medical examiner determined that the baby was alive before it was thrown in the trash, according to NBC 4.   

The New York Police Department said officers responded to a 911 call at a home on Richmond Hill Road in the New Springville neighborhood.

Police found the newborn baby unconscious and unresponsive. Emergency crews pronounced the child dead at the scene. 

Rahman went to Staten Island University Hospital Friday evening and told staff that she was bleeding as a result of giving birth, police said.

The hospital had no record of her birth and she explained that the infant was born at home and that she had disposed of it, according to NBC 4.

A report in the  New York Post said she told the hospital officials  that she gave birth five days prior and ‘threw away’ the baby.

She later changed the story saying that she gave birth on Thursday.