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Young US mum tells police she smothered her newborn twins
Travis Loller
September 16, 2011 - 7:14AM
AP
A young mother charged with murder has told US police she hid her
pregnancy, gave birth to twin sons at her family's home and killed
the infants by smothering their cries so her parents wouldn't hear
them.
Police in the Nashville suburb of Hendersonville arrested Lindsey
Lowe, 25, on Wednesday after her father discovered one baby's body
in a laundry basket.
According to a police affidavit, Lowe said she didn't tell her
family she was pregnant, but believes she got pregnant in January
and never visited a doctor. Police are trying to identify the
father of the twins.
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Police said they interviewed Lowe who said she went into labour on
Monday evening while on the toilet at her parent's home. She said
the first baby fell into the toilet and began to cry.
"Lowe stated that the baby was crying and Lowe did not want her
parents to hear and find out about the child," police wrote in the
affidavit.
"Lowe stated that she put her hand over the child's mouth and she
stated that she kept it there until the child was dead, which was
a couple of minutes."
A few minutes later, the affidavit says, she gave birth to the
second child, who also fell in the toilet. She again put her hand
over the baby's mouth and held it there until the baby died. She
put both babies in the laundry basket and covered them up with
blankets.
Lowe said she never checked the sex of the child. Police said both
boys appeared to be full term and weighing about 5 or 6 pounds
(2.3 to 2.7kg).
Lowe, who works at a pediatric dentist's office, was charged with
first-degree murder and remained in jail on Thursday with no bond.
Police said she is undergoing a medical evaluation.