Overview
- The manslaughter case opened on October 8 at the Dresden Regional Court, eight months after parts of a newborn were found at a Freital biowaste facility.
- Prosecutors allege the 24-year-old delivered the child alive in her apartment, then either suffocated the infant or placed it alive into a bag before discarding the body in a biomüll bin.
- In a statement read by her lawyer, the defendant said she gave birth on the toilet, the baby made no cry, and after 20 to 30 minutes she believed it was dead, wrapped it, bagged it, and later disposed of it.
- A waste-facility machine operator testified he discovered the remains on February 7 during processing; after police went public, a colleague’s tip about the woman’s suddenly absent pregnancy belly helped identify her.
- The defendant has been in pretrial detention since her February 12 arrest, and five hearings are scheduled through October 17 as the court examines cause of death, intent, and any mitigating background.