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Alexandra Eckersley, found guilty of abandoning her newborn infant in a makeshift tent on a frigidly cold winter night nearly two years ago, on Thursday was given suspended sentences.
Defense attorneys for Alexandra Eckersley, found guilty of three charges related to the abandonment of her newborn infant in freezing temperatures in 2022, is asking a judge to set aside the verdict and, if not, to order a new trial.
Alexandra Eckersley was found guilty of three charges related to the abandonment of her newborn infant but acquitted of two felony charges accusing her of second-degree assault.
Alexandra Eckersley testified Wednesday that when she left a makeshift tent after giving premature birth the day after Christmas 2022, she didn’t bring the infant with her because “I thought he was dead.”
After 2 ½ days of testimony, prosecutors rested their case against Alexandra Eckersley, the formerly homeless woman accused of abandoning her newborn son in 15-degree weather after giving birth to him in a makeshift tent in the woods.
Nineteen months ago, Alexandra Eckersley, 27, misdirected emergency workers searching for her newborn son, who she is accused of abandoning in a makeshift tent in temperatures hovering around 15 degrees, because she was afraid she would get in trouble, according to prosecutors.