Over 16 years after a newborn girl was discovered dead in a San Francisco Bay Area dumpster, her mother has been charged with murder.
On May 18, 2009, a man searching for recyclables at the Parkside Apartments discovered the infant, still attached to her umbilical cord and wrapped in bloodied pantyhose, behind the complex on Decoto Road in Union City.
The child, whom police later called Matea Esperanza, which translates to “Gift from God” and “Hope,” was too young to survive…