A baby without a name dies after mother discareded him in a trash bin

21 Feb 2008

The baby boy that Genny Granados, 29, gave birth to in the bathroom of Memorial Hermann Southwest Hospital has died. After giving birth Granados cut the umbilical cord and placed the baby in a trash bin. Custodians later found the baby in the waste bin covered with bloody paper towels. The baby was not breathing at the time.

The newborn was taken to Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital where doctors decided to take him off of life support after he was declared brain dead.

Granados has two other children, ages 2 and 10. She told authorities that she did not want any more children. Questions of to why Granados did not give birth to her newborn normally and give up her baby in accordance with Texas' Safe Haven law, a law that allows a guardian to give up rights to a child to another person such as a doctor or firefighter, have been unanswered. Granados has been arrested for child endangerment. Additional charges have not yet been filed.

Baby Found In Hospital Trashcan Dies