Couple that Left Newborn to Die in a Plastic Bag Said They Didn't Believe Doctor About Pregnancy
Thursday, April 11th, 2019 -- 12:45 PM
(Marshfield News Herald) -The parents of a newborn who died Saturday after he was left tied in a plastic garbage bag inside an SUV told police they didn't believe doctors who said the woman was pregnant, according to court documents.The young couple also said they thought the baby was dead when they drove to a Marshfield hospital to get treatment for the mother, who was bleeding, and left the child in their vehicle in the parking lot, the report said. 22-year-old Marylinn Feher and 19-year-old Allen Rice of the village of Milladore, made bond appearances Monday in Wood County Circuit Court on anticipated charges of child neglect resulting in death. Judge Nicholas Brazeau Jr. set a $250,000 cash bond for Feher, the baby's mother, and a $35,000 cash bond for Rice. Both are expected to make court appearances on April 22. A social worker from the hospital, Marshfield Medical Center, called the Wood County Sheriff's Department shortly after 10 a.m. Saturday and said a baby was missing, according to court documents. Feher had arrived at the hospital's emergency room at 2:18 a.m. because she was bleeding heavily, the documents said. Feher denied having given birth when doctors questioned her as late as 4 p.m. Saturday, according to court documents.
Her son, who was born between midnight and 12:30 a.m., was wrapped in a towel and tied into a white trash bag in a 2000 Jeep Cherokee parked a little more than 100 yards from the emergency room entrance, according to documents. Marshfield police found the Jeep in the hospital parking lot, then found the baby in the tied plastic bag inside and rushed the infant into the emergency room. Marshfield Medical Center staff members revived the baby and got a heartbeat, but the newborn died from his injuries, according to the Sheriff's Department. The baby was pronounced dead at 5:30 p.m. Saturday. The Sheriff's Department said in addition to the charge of fatal child neglect, it plans to recommend a homicide charge against the baby's mother.
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