A TEENAGER allegedly threw her newborn baby out of a hotel window where it plummeted 30ft to its death while on her gap year.
Mia McQuillin, 18, from Bend, Oregon has been accused of killing her baby in Paris while part of “a group of young people travelling in Europe,” authorities have said.
American student Mia McQuillin allegedly threw her newborn baby out of a window in ParisTerri McQuillin / Facebook
ReutersShe was staying at an Ibis Styles Hotel off Rue de la Croix Saint-Simon in the 20th arrondissement[/caption]
Investigators have said they believe she had “pregnancy denial” when she allegedly tossed her infant out of the window of an Ibis Styles hotel just after giving birth.
It is thought that she gave birth in the hotel room without medical supervision.
Her son was found on the street wrapped in a blanket in the 20th arrondissement around 6 am on Monday, and was rushed to the Robert Debre hospital.
But he was pronounced dead on arrival due to the injuries caused by the 30ft fall.
French authorities have said that the baby was thrown from the second floor with the umbilical cord still attached.
They added that they believe she “unexpectedly” gave birth in the hotel.
Witnesses reported hearing “screams” and cries from the baby before calling the emergency services, per Paris Match.
It reported that the infant was transported to hospital “in absolute emergency and with a life-threatening prognosis.”
Mia’s shocked grandfather Ralph McQuillin told DailyMail.com: “I have nothing to comment because I don’t know anything.”
“And that’s pretty much where the family is. That’s all I can say,” the 78-year-old added.
After the horrifying incident, the teenager was taken to the same hospital as her baby for an operation following the birth.
There she was arrested and charged with child homicide, authorities have said.
Paris’ public prosecutor told Le Parisien that an investigation has been launched for the “homicide of a minor under 15”.
The teenager was reportedly on a study trip to the French capital with fellow US students.
A source close to the case told Paris Match on Monday: “The investigation is underway and the precise circumstances of this tragedy remain to be established.
“We do not yet know if we are dealing with a denial of pregnancy.”
Pregnancy denial is a mental condition where the mother does not know or cannot accept that she is pregnant.
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