A 20-year-old woman who was convicted of dropping her baby to her death in Chicago received probation, it was reported this week.
Mubashra Uddin, who was initially charged with first-degree murder in the death, pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter, the Cook County state’s attorney’s office said.
On Thursday, she was sentenced by Judge Carol Howard 48 months’ probation and received a $573 fine, the Chicago Sun-Times reported.
“This has been a tragic event in the life of a naive 19 year-old girl. Although she will be forever haunted by what occurred, the end of this case will enable her to salvage the remainder of a productive life,” Uddin’s attorney, Adam Sheppard, told the newspaper.
Uddin threw the baby from an eighth-floor window after hiding her pregnancy from her Muslim-Pakistani parents, the Chicago Tribune reported. After hiding it for nine months, she gave birth to a seven-pound, 11-ounce baby girl in her the family’s high-rise apartment on West Eastwood Avenue in 2015.
After the birth, Uddin said she heard her mother’s footsteps before throwing the child out the window, according to prosecutors. A man then discovered the child at around 11:45 p.m. local time before calling 911. The infant was pronounced dead an hour later. Uddin was arrested the day after her infant died.
According to ABC7, only her boyfriend and another friend knew about her pregnancy. She apparently wore only baggy clothes to conceal her bump.
