Mother Throws Baby in Dumpster

[Law Dawg]

As funeral arrangements are being made for Baby Boy Saul, the newborn
found dead Friday night in a Dumpster, his mother is expected to make
her first court appearance on a misdemeanor charge in connection with
the disposal of the baby's body.
Amanda Saul, 21, was arrested shortly after the baby was found dead in a
Dumpster about 9:30 p.m. on the corner of 10th Avenue and Madison
Street. She was taken by police to Northwest Texas Hospital for medical
attention, then released into police custody Monday at 1 a.m. and
charged with abusing a corpse, a Class A misdemeanor. She was
immediately placed in the Potter County Detention Center where she has
been housed in an isolated cell under suicide watch, said Potter County
Chief Deputy Ken Farren.
Saul is expected to make her first appearance before a judge today to
face the misdemeanor charge.
Farren said sheriff's deputies were checking on Saul every 10 minutes in
her isolation cell located in the jail's infirmary. PCSO Capt. Dennis
Horn said Saul is in good condition but has not spoken with anyone other
than the nurses at the jail who have been caring for her.
The mother will undergo a psychiatric examination Monday conducted by
Texas Panhandle Mental Health Mental Retardation workers who will help
the sheriff's department decide whether Saul can cope among the general
population.
"If we think people have a problem, mental problem or suicidal, (MHMR
will) help evaluate those people to see if they can be in the general
population,'' Horn said. "We will look at this real close to see if she
would go into general population.''
Saul had made no requests to speak with anyone, Horn said, until late
Tuesday when she told the nurses she wanted to make a telephone call. No
one has requested to speak with Saul, Horn said.
Potter County Justice of the Peace Thomas Jones said funeral
arrangements for the infant were being made through N.S. Griggs & Sons.
The funeral home's general manager, Charlie Cox, said his business
donated a casket and is making the arrangements while Memory Gardens has
donated a grave for the baby. Amarillo resident Jill Fong-Allen donated
infant clothing, Jones said.
Jones said none of Saul's family members have contacted him and so far
the body has gone unclaimed.
Fong-Allen said she contacted Paramount Terrace Christian church and a
senior pastor there agreed to officiate the service. The church will
also provide music.
Cox said several florists have donated flower arrangements for the
graveside service, which will be held Friday at 2 p.m. at Memory
Gardens. The body will not be available for viewing at the funeral home,
however, Cox said there is a registry there for anyone who would like to
sign it.
The only missing piece of the funeral is the baby's headstone, Cox said.
"We're doing all we can to make this service really nice,'' Cox said.
If services were not donated to bury Baby Boy Saul, the baby would have
been buried by Potter County, which provides an indigent burial for
those who can't afford it or in cases where no one claims a body.

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