"Teen Mother Faces Capital Murder Charge for Discarding Newborn in Trash Compactor"

An 18-year-old mother in Alabama has been charged with capital murder after allegedly throwing her newborn baby into a trash compactor. The teenager initially told her family that she had dropped off the baby at a hospital, but when they contacted the hospital, they discovered that she had not done so. Police later found the newborn's body in the trash compactor. The mother admitted to throwing the child away because she "didn't want the child." The police chief described the incident as "truly shocking" and unprecedented in his 27 years of law enforcement.