Posted on: October 13, 2020 02:00 PM

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Queens DA announced charges for the mother after throwing baby

This is from the DA's statement -

Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz today announced that Sabita Dookram, 23, has been charged with attempted murder and other crimes for allegedly tossing her newborn son out of her bathroom window shortly after she gave birth on Sunday morning.

Dookram, of Richmond Hill, was arraigned today before Queens Criminal Court Judge Toko Serita on charges of attempted murder in the second degree, assault in the first degree, reckless assault of a child, 2 counts of assault in the second degree and endangering the welfare of a child. Judge Serita ordered the defendant to return to court on November 5, 2020. If convicted, the defendant faces up to 25 years in prison.

When questioned by police officers, the defendant stated in sum and substance, according to the complaint,

?I gave birth yesterday afternoon. I cut the cord with a scissor from the bathroom. I panicked and threw it out of the bathroom window. I did not check on the baby, I put my clothes in the laundry hamper in the bathroom, I showered and went to sleep.?

An examination of the newborn at the Cohen Children?s Medical Center revealed that the baby sustained a traumatic brain injury with bleeding and swelling about the brain and scalp and an abdominal injury with internal bleeding.