Female student to face infanticide charges

By Paulo DS. Papa

A 23-year-old female student from a university in Naga City will face criminal charges after authorities discovered her newborn child dead inside a boarding house in Zone 3, Rosal Street, Queborac, Barangay Bagumbayan Sur, Naga City, last Friday, January 23.

PCapt. Anthony Bueza, officer-in-charge of Naga City Police Station 3, said in an interview that at around 2:00 p.m. on the same day, police received a report about a newborn baby boy found dead inside a green eco bag, with the umbilical cord still attached.

Bueza said police investigators were able to immediately identify the child’s mother through the cooperation of other occupants of the boarding house, as well as personal belongings left inside her room.

He did not mention the name of the school but disclosed that the student is from Talisay, Camarines Norte. Police Station 3 coordinated with the Talisay Municipal Police Station to locate and inform the woman’s parents.

According to Bueza, the student’s father said that his daughter is currently unable to respond normally, but the family is willing to cooperate with authorities as the case proceeds.

“The mother was previously studying at a school in Manila. We believe she was already pregnant when she transferred to Naga City last December for the upcoming semester,” Bueza said.

The baby boy, estimated to be seven to eight months old, was given a proper burial through the assistance of the Barangay Council of Bagumbayan Sur.

The police are also probing who assisted the mother in delivering the child and in the commission of the crime.