A former University of Tampa student has been charged with aggravated manslaughter of a child and child neglect with great bodily harm after a newborn’s body was found in a trashcan in April.
Brianna Moore, 19, was arrested in Mississippi and faces extradition back to Hillsborough County to face the charges.
The case started on April 27, when police said they received a call from campus security about a 19-year-old girl, alleged to be Moore, possibly experiencing a miscarriage after students heard a baby crying in the dorm room.
“She lived in a quad, four girls living in the bedrooms with a shared common area and a shared bathroom. They heard the baby crying and they called police later that day when they discovered blood on their bathroom floor of their shared bathroom,” said Hillsborough County State Attorney Suzy Lopez.
Prosecutors said an ambulance was dispatched to check on Moore, but she denied being pregnant and told an officer the blood in the bathroom was from her period.