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The homeless daughter of MLB Hall of Famer Dennis Eckersley is facing felony charges after she misled authorities about the location of her abandoned newborn baby in forest surrounding Manchester, New Hampshire.
Police say they got a call at about 12:40 a.m. Monday about a woman who had given birth in the woods. They said the mother, 26-year-old Alexandra Eckersley, had told them to head to a particular location where she had given birth in a tent, however emergency personal searched the area frantically for about an hour to no avail.
“The search was difficult. It was dark, we had cold temperatures—about 18 degrees last night & we were not getting accurate information,” Manchester Fire District Chief John Starr said.
Police say Eckersley eventually revealed the right location & officers found the baby boy alone in a tent suffering from hypothermia. Eckersley told police she did not know she was pregnant & admitted to using cocaine, marijuana & cigarettes in the days before the baby's birth.
The newborn was being treated at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center & is alive & improving.
Once she’s released from the hospital, Eckersley, who reportedly suffers from mental illness, is expected to be arraigned in court on a charge of felony reckless conduct for hiding the baby.
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Source: The Daily Beast
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