Overview
- Alexia Moore, 31, has been jailed in Camden County since March 4 on murder and drug-possession charges, with defense motions for bond and a speedy trial set for a hearing on Monday.
- An arrest warrant cites Moore’s statements to hospital staff about taking misoprostol and oxycodone, a friend’s account, medical records estimating 22–24 weeks’ gestation, and a bottle labeled misoprostol.
- The infant was delivered prematurely on Dec. 30 at Southeast Georgia Health System, lived about an hour, then died, with toxicology detecting oxycodone but not misoprostol.
- The county coroner found the cause and manner of death undetermined, and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation declined to conduct an autopsy.
- Hospital security, who are sworn peace officers, notified police, and legal experts and advocacy groups disagree on whether Georgia statutes permit prosecuting the pregnant person.