Megan Patria, now 18, is charged as a juvenile with second-degree murder, manslaughter, and first- and second-degree child abuse. She hid her pregnancy from her parents, delivered the 8-pound baby by herself on Dec. 3, 2005, in her mother's Arnold bathroom, and eventually threw the body in the trash.
Ms. Patria, who was 17 at the time of the incident, pleaded not guilty during yesterday's hearing, but agreed to...
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