TAMPA, Fla. (Court TV) — A woman accused of killing her newborn and disposing of it in a trash can in her dorm must remain in Hillsborough County, even though she has no ties to the area or her former school, a judge ruled on Wednesday.
Brianna Moore appears at a bond hearing on July 15, 2026. (Court TV)
Brianna Moore, 21, is charged with aggravated manslaughter of a child, child neglect and unlawfully moving a dead body after the child was found in her dorm room’s trash can in 2024.
At the time of the child’s death, Moore was a student at the University of Tampa; she no longer attends the school. At a hearing on Wednesday, Moore’s attorney, Idalis Vento, asked Judge Lawrence Lefler to lower her client’s bond and also allow her to leave Hillsborough County. In a pretrial motion, Moore’s defense sought permission to return to her home state of Mississippi to live with her grandmother…