Georgia – In a harrowing incident that has gripped Georgia, a 22-year-old woman, identified as A. Rappuhn, faces serious charges after her newborn was discovered in a trash bag on the back porch of her residence. Rappuhn has been charged with criminal attempt to commit felony murder, reckless abandonment of a child, and first-degree cruelty to children, following a distressing sequence of events that led to the endangerment of her newborn son.
The situation came to light on March 31, 2025, when sheriff’s office deputies responded to a call at the hospital. Rappuhn was brought to the hospital by her boyfriend due to excessive bleeding, a situation that arose after she secretly gave birth at their home.
Unknown to her boyfriend, Rappuhn had given birth to a baby boy around 4:30 a.m. that day. In a shocking move, she wrapped the infant in towels and placed him inside a trash bag, which she then left on the back porch of their home. Her boyfriend, unaware of the pregnancy and the birth, only discovered the infant upon returning home to retrieve some of Rappuhn’s belongings. He was alerted by noises coming from the trash bag, leading to the grim discovery of the newborn. Upon finding the infant, the boyfriend rushed the child to the same hospital where Rappuhn was being treated. Medical staff reported that the male infant was in critical but stable condition, fighting for his life after the ordeal…