Woman Accused Of Putting Newborn In Toilet Sentenced To Probation
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Woman Accused Of Putting Newborn In Toilet Sentenced To Probation
Prosecutors wanted to try a Central Texas woman accused of putting a dead newborn in a motel toilet tank for capital murder, but a lack of evidence has forced them to accept a plea to a lesser charge.
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(July 21, 2008)—Falls County District Attorney Jody Gilliam wanted to try a former prison guard accused of stuffing a newborn baby in a toilet tank for capital murder, but a lack of evidence has forced prosecutors to accept a plea to a lesser charge.

Khaliliha Baucom of Lott was originally arrested in November 2007 on a warrant charging abuse of a corpse, which is a misdemeanor, but then she was named in a sealed indictment in December charging capital murder.

The case turned on the question of whether the newborn was still alive when it was placed in the toilet tank, but after talking to a series of experts, Gilliam determined that evidence of that was not conclusive.

Baucom was allowed to plead guilty to the original misdemeanor charge and was sentenced to two years probation.

Her other three children, of whom Child Protective Services took custody initially, will continue to live with their fathers after Baucom’s parental rights were terminated.

Police said Baucom gave birth by herself in a Marlin motel bathtub in April 2007.

Then she was taken by ambulance to a hospital after she complained of bleeding and stomach pain and then was airlifted to a Waco hospital for an emergency C-section.

When doctors discovered she had already given birth, they called the police.

Marlin officers found the baby's body in the toilet tank along with the placenta and bloody towels used to clean up the bathtub.

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Posted by: Andra Location: San Antonio on Jul 23, 2008 at 08:15 PM

All of you passing judgement on her did not know the whole story. Please do not give the DA and judge any credit on her probation. If a deal had not been made with the father in the first place to give Jody Gilliam a big case none of this would not have been blown up before the facts. An autospy was done and the DA and judge knew that the baby was not born alive but continued with the capital murder charge. If there was a case you could bet on your last dollar she would have been charged and sent to prison. Why after several autopsies even after the baby was buried do you think it took so long to get a conviction. Because there was no evidence of her wrongdoing except what her boyfriend told the court to keep him out of trouble. All of you can state your opinion but all you know is what was written in the paper and what was on TV. I personally could care less about the hate messages you have written. You don't now the whole story and never will. You w/o sin cast the 1st stone.
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Posted by: confussed Location: waco on Jul 23, 2008 at 06:18 PM

This person worked as a prison guard? How could that be????? She lacks what it takes to be held responsable for her actions how could she work for the county,state as a guard of anything who was the Father???? an inmate??? Who hired this person????
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Posted by: anon Location: waco on Jul 23, 2008 at 03:25 PM

This is so disturbing. To think, any hospital, fire station, or church could have taken the innocent child....but now she's free to do it again!
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