
A 20-year-old college student from Florida, Anne Mae Demegillo, involved with her university’s theater program, was arrested on March 6, 2026, after secretly giving birth in the bathroom of her home and not providing assistance to her newborn, who died shortly afterward.
According to the authorities, the young woman went on with her daily routine, including appearing in a college play in New Smyrna Beach, before burying the baby in a shallow grave in her backyard.
The police were alerted after the woman sent messages to another person confessing that she had secretly given birth. After verifying the information and locating the newborn’s body, she was taken into custody and faces charges of aggravated homicide of a minor.

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