URBANA, Ill. (AP) — A University of Illinois student faces murder charges after authorities say she suffocated her newborn baby after giving birth in a residence hall bathroom last month.
Police say officers found 20-year-old Lindsay L. Johnson of Monee (moh-NEE’) near the campus Music Building on March 13 wearing a backpack with the deceased newborn inside.
Officers went looking for her after responding to a call earlier in the day from another student at the dorm who reported sounds of a baby crying and that Johnson was in the bathroom for a long time.
Johnson was charged Monday with first-degree murder and other charges.
She was arraigned Tuesday, when The (Champaign) News-Gazette reports she waived her right to a probable cause hearing and her parents posted bond.
She is next due in court May 3.
