Alaynah Rappuhn appears in court after being charged with attempted murder (Bibb County Sheriff’s Office).
A woman from Georgia gave birth to a baby boy secretly, without informing her boyfriend. The boyfriend later discovered the baby in a trash bag outside their house. The woman, identified as Alaynah Rappuhn, aged 22, now faces charges of attempted murder.
Rappuhn was taken into custody on April 1, the day after she visited the emergency room at Piedmont Macon Hospital due to severe bleeding. The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office reported that Rappuhn’s boyfriend became aware of her condition on the afternoon of March 31 and immediately took her to the hospital for medical assistance. Before they left for the hospital, Rappuhn placed a trash bag on the back porch. Upon the boyfriend’s return to retrieve some of Rappuhn’s belongings, he noticed the moving trash bag on the porch.
Upon opening the bag, the boyfriend discovered a newborn baby boy wrapped in towels. The infant was swiftly taken to the hospital, where authorities confirmed that he is alive but remains in critical condition.
According to the media release from the sheriff’s office, Rappuhn did not tell her boyfriend that she was pregnant or that she had given birth. Police said that she gave birth at around 4:30 a.m. on March 31, “then wrapped the child in towels and placed him inside a trash bag.”
Rappuhn did not tell medical staff at the hospital that she had given birth when she arrived there on March 31.
Police responded to the emergency room and placed Rappuhn in custody after she was released from the hospital on April 1. She was charged with attempted murder, reckless abandonment of a child, and first-degree cruelty to children. After a court appearance, Rappuhn was ordered to be held at Bibb County Law Enforcement Center without bond.
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