Overview
- Flagler County deputies opened the case after a 4 a.m. March 6 welfare check call reporting that Anne Mae Demegillo had secretly been pregnant and given birth at home.
- Investigators say Demegillo delivered in her bathroom on March 5, heard the newborn cry, then watched the baby stop moving.
- Authorities report she put the infant in a duffel bag, went about her day including a college theater performance, then buried the body in a shallow backyard grave that night.
- Demegillo, 20, appeared in court March 7 and is jailed without bond, with no attorney of record reported.
- Officials say the baby weighed about 3 pounds, 6 ounces, the cause of death remains under review, and they reiterated Florida’s Safe Haven options for surrendering newborns.