American Woman in Custody After Newborn Is Thrown From Paris Hotel Window

American Woman in Custody After Newborn Is Thrown From Paris Hotel Window
A view of the Ibis styles hotel, where an American mother threw a newborn baby from the second-floor window, in the 20th arrondissement in eastern Paris on Feb. 24, 2025. Julien de Rosa/AFP via Getty Images
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A young American woman on a European trip was taken into custody after she allegedly threw a newborn out of a hotel window in Paris, killing the baby, authorities said Tuesday.

The baby was reportedly thrown from a second-floor window of a hotel on Monday morning, according to the Paris prosecutor. Emergency responders rushed the newborn to the hospital, but the child was pronounced dead.