Mother Of Dead Infant Arrested In Mississippi: Tampa Police

TAMPA, FL — A 19-year-old woman was recently arrested and charged in the death of an infant whose body was found at the University of Tampa on April 28, according to a Tampa Police Department news release.

The agency worked with the U.S. Marshals Task Force to arrest Brianna Moore in Quitman, Mississippi on Friday.

Moore was charged with aggravated manslaughter of a child, child neglect with great bodily harm, failure to report death and unlawful storage of human remains, police said.

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She’s being held at Lauderdale County Jail in Mississippi awaiting extradition back to Tampa.

After university safety employees were told about a possible miscarriage on campus, they found the body of the baby, who was later identified as Moore’s child.

An autopsy showed that the child died as a result of asphyxia and multiple rib fractures. Their death was ruled a homicide, police said.