A mother allegedly threw her newborn baby boy out of a bathroom window in Queens.
What We Know:
- Sabina Dookram, 23, was indicted with attempted murder, attempted manslaughter, assault, and reckless endangerment. The incident was announced just after 10 a.m. Sunday outside of 107-20 126th Street in South Richmond Hill.
- As stated by officials, a neighbor overheard crying sounds on Sunday morning. As she went outside, she found a nude newborn boy on the ground next to the building’s garbage. Responding officers noticed blood on the floor, on the sidewall heading up to the bathroom window, and on the window sill.
- District Attorney Melinda Katz stated that this is a very tragic situation. A newborn baby has been hurt horrendously because of his mother’s alleged acts and now she faces severe charges and a long prison sentence.
- Katz stated the baby did survive the fall but had been taken to a district hospital in critical condition and then transferred to Cohen Children’s Medical Center where he was placed on a ventilator. Doctors concluded that he sustained a traumatic brain injury with bleeding and swelling of the brain and scalp and an abdominal injury with inner bleeding.
- According to prosecutors, Dookram mentioned that she gave birth to the baby on Sunday. Police sources advise that she did receive a psychological evaluation at a hospital and neighbors say her family did not know she was pregnant.
- According to court documents, Dookram had stated:
“I cut the cord with a scissor from the bathroom. I panicked and threw it out of the bathroom window. I did not check on the baby; I put my clothes in the laundry hamper in the bathroom, I showered and went to sleep.”
Dookram may face up to 25 years in prison if sentenced to the charges. She is set to appear once again in court on Nov. 5.
