Mother Gets 14 Years In Death Of Newborn Found Floating Off Palm Beach Coast

CBS Miami

August 4, 2023

WEST PALM BEACH - A mother who dumped her newborn's body into the ocean off the Florida coast five years ago pleaded guilty Wednesday to manslaughter and was sentenced to 14 years in prison.

Arya Singh, 30, also pleaded guilty to abuse of a corpse during a Palm Beach County court hearing. She had been facing a second-degree murder charge, which carried a potential life sentence.

The infant girl, whose body was found floating off Palm Beach County on June 1, 2018, by an off-duty firefighter, was dubbed "Baby June."

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