ATHENS, Ga. (AP) - Authorities say the mother of a newborn killed in Athens told detectives she accidentally cut the infant's throat while she was trying to cut the umbilical cord.
That's according to search warrants recently filed in the case against 21-year-old Cassandra Norwood, who is being held without bond on a murder charge.
The Athens Banner-Herald reported Thursday (http://bit.ly/T42Zo1 ) the search warrants also revealed Norwood hid her pregnancy from relatives and said she was suffering from heavy menstrual bleeding when she was taken to the hospital in early November.
Authorities say Norwood delivered the baby in a bedroom and left it wrapped in a blanket with a kitchen knife before she was hospitalized.
An after-hours call to the public defender's office, which is representing Norwood, was not immediately returned.
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Local families are taking a serious look at storm shelters in the aftermath of Monday's deadly tornado in Oklahoma.
Local families are taking a serious look at storm shelters in the aftermath of Monday's deadly tornado in Oklahoma. Those shelters could mean the difference between life and death when faced with one of these powerful storms.
A federal court has struck down Fayette County's at-large method of electing members to certain county offices, saying the method was a violation of the Voting Rights Act.
A federal court has struck down Fayette County's at-large method of electing members to certain county offices, saying the method was a violation of the Voting Rights Act.
Two Clark Atlanta University students who call themselves brothers despite being from opposite sides of the world have graduated as valedictorian and salutatorian.
Two Clark Atlanta University students who call themselves brothers despite being from opposite sides of the world have graduated as valedictorian and salutatorian.
