Texas Woman Indicted After Allegedly Abandoning Newborn on Roadside 23 Years Ago

Published on July 2, 2024

The mother of a newborn baby who was abandoned in a ditch in Texas in 2001 has been indicted for second-degree manslaughter, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced on July 1. Mr. Paxton and the Office of the Attorney General’s (OAG) Missing Persons and Cold Case Unit secured the indictment of Shelby Stotts, 48, in the death of her newborn daughter. Authorities allege Ms. Stotts left her newborn on the side of the road in November 2001 with the umbilical cord still attached and the baby bled to death. Evidence suggested the abandoned baby was alive and breathing at the time of her birth....

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