Woman Left Newborn in Toilet Bowl to Drown, Gets Suspended Sentence

Story here. Excerpt:

'A Virginia woman will not serve time in jail after she gave birth to a baby on a toilet and then left the child in the toilet bowl to drown.

Devin Monique Small, age 22, received a 3-year suspended sentence this week after pleading guilty to the court. Initially charged with first-degree murder, in a plea deal reached with prosecution, charges against her were reduced to involuntary manslaughter after both sides agreed Small did not plan to murder her child in advance or with malice.

The tragic case began last September when Small – who claimed at the time she had no idea she was pregnant – gave birth to a little girl on the toilet. Panicking, she left the infant -named Baby Grace Small by authorities – in the toilet at home.'

Ed. note: The story is from May 2014, but despite the lack of timeliness around its appearance on MANN, it's hard to dispute the 2x-standard example it clearly displays, which is why it appears now.