11-09-2011, 05:27 PM
OMG I hate people....
Shasta County Sheriff's deputies have arrested a woman who they said let her 4-day-old daughter die from neglect.
Investigators found the baby girl's body Sunday afternoon at the Julian Youth Academy in the 12000 block of Tintagel Lane in Whitmore after a school employee alerted authorities.
Deputies on Monday arrested the infant's mother, 23-year-old Jessica Bradford, on suspicion of murder and willful harm to a child.
Sheriff's detectives said Tuesday that Bradford gave birth to the girl in mid-September and that the baby died about four days later.
Bradford initially told a detective the baby was stillborn but later admitted the girl lived for four days, sheriff's Sgt. Steve Grashoff said.
Bradford told detectives she hadn't told anybody — including her boyfriend of three years — that she was pregnant, Grashoff said.
She said she thought about giving the baby up for adoption but chose not to, deputies said.
Bradford kept the baby in a vacant residence on campus and would occasionally check on it, Grashoff said. She continued to go to work, see her boyfriend and drove to Redding at least twice for personal business, he said.
She told Detective Brian Jackson she didn't feed the baby and tried to give the girl water when she cried, Grashoff said.
"She did not want to tell her boyfriend about the baby because she did not want to affect his life and her life," Grashoff said in a news release.
Bradford kept the infant hidden in a laundry basket in her room for about a month and a half after the girl died, Grashoff said.
She moved the girl's body into a utility closet Friday after realizing someone may have seen the body, according to the Sheriff's Office.
Julian Youth Academy workers found the baby in a pile of blankets in the staff dorm room, sheriff's logs said.
An employee called authorities Sunday to report the find, but the baby was gone when she went to check.
The employee who called authorities reported other employees had said they found the baby Friday evening.
The baby appeared not to be fully developed and one of its arms was disfigured, sheriff's logs said.
Grashoff said the baby was in a mummified state of decomposition but was fully developed.
Bradford was a Julian Youth Academy employee, said Phil Ludwig, academy director.
He declined to elaborate on her position at the Southern California-based, private Christian boarding school for troubled teens.
"This had nothing to do with the school," Ludwig said. "This was a private residence she rented; it did not directly involve the school in any way."
Grashoff said Bradford is from the El Cajon area in Southern California.
She entered the Julian Youth Academy at 17 and stayed on as an employee after graduating, he said.
"We're very sad at the possible event that took place," Ludwig said. "Other than that, we don't know what happened, and we don't want to guess at it."
Bradford is being held in Shasta County jail on $1 million bail. Grashoff said she's scheduled to be arraigned today.
http://m.redding.com/news/2011/nov/08/in...er-jailed/
Shasta County Sheriff's deputies have arrested a woman who they said let her 4-day-old daughter die from neglect.
Investigators found the baby girl's body Sunday afternoon at the Julian Youth Academy in the 12000 block of Tintagel Lane in Whitmore after a school employee alerted authorities.
Deputies on Monday arrested the infant's mother, 23-year-old Jessica Bradford, on suspicion of murder and willful harm to a child.
Sheriff's detectives said Tuesday that Bradford gave birth to the girl in mid-September and that the baby died about four days later.
Bradford initially told a detective the baby was stillborn but later admitted the girl lived for four days, sheriff's Sgt. Steve Grashoff said.
Bradford told detectives she hadn't told anybody — including her boyfriend of three years — that she was pregnant, Grashoff said.
She said she thought about giving the baby up for adoption but chose not to, deputies said.
Bradford kept the baby in a vacant residence on campus and would occasionally check on it, Grashoff said. She continued to go to work, see her boyfriend and drove to Redding at least twice for personal business, he said.
She told Detective Brian Jackson she didn't feed the baby and tried to give the girl water when she cried, Grashoff said.
"She did not want to tell her boyfriend about the baby because she did not want to affect his life and her life," Grashoff said in a news release.
Bradford kept the infant hidden in a laundry basket in her room for about a month and a half after the girl died, Grashoff said.
She moved the girl's body into a utility closet Friday after realizing someone may have seen the body, according to the Sheriff's Office.
Julian Youth Academy workers found the baby in a pile of blankets in the staff dorm room, sheriff's logs said.
An employee called authorities Sunday to report the find, but the baby was gone when she went to check.
The employee who called authorities reported other employees had said they found the baby Friday evening.
The baby appeared not to be fully developed and one of its arms was disfigured, sheriff's logs said.
Grashoff said the baby was in a mummified state of decomposition but was fully developed.
Bradford was a Julian Youth Academy employee, said Phil Ludwig, academy director.
He declined to elaborate on her position at the Southern California-based, private Christian boarding school for troubled teens.
"This had nothing to do with the school," Ludwig said. "This was a private residence she rented; it did not directly involve the school in any way."
Grashoff said Bradford is from the El Cajon area in Southern California.
She entered the Julian Youth Academy at 17 and stayed on as an employee after graduating, he said.
"We're very sad at the possible event that took place," Ludwig said. "Other than that, we don't know what happened, and we don't want to guess at it."
Bradford is being held in Shasta County jail on $1 million bail. Grashoff said she's scheduled to be arraigned today.
http://m.redding.com/news/2011/nov/08/in...er-jailed/
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