LEXINGTON, S.C. (WOLO) – The preliminary autopsy results for a newborn baby girl stuffed in a trash bag and left to die in the floorboard of a car have been released.
The Lexington County Coroner, Margaret Fisher says the baby girl died as a result of homicide. Fisher says the cause of death however, is still pending the outcome of more testing.
The bond hearing for the baby’s mother, 21-year-old Brennan Hailey Geller, was deferred Tuesday morning to a circuit court for the charge of Homicide by Child Abuse.
Geller was arrested Monday after authorities say she failed to provide medical care for the infant she delivered in her car Friday night. According to an arrest warrant, Geller is accused of placing the newborn baby girl in a trash bag before she drove home with the baby in the floorboard.
“We became aware of this tragic case after Geller was treated at the hospital Saturday morning for blood loss,” Lexington County Sheriff Jay Koon said. “The medical team caring for Geller told investigators she never told them the baby was in her car.”
Koon said the infant’s body was located in the vehicle several hours later. The Lexington County Sheriff’s Department’s investigation is ongoing.
