Infant boy NORWOOD - hours old - / Charged: Mother Cassandra Elyse Norwood - Athens GA

Police: Georgia mom stabs newborn baby to death, possibly just hours after birth

By NBC News staff
An Athens, Ga., woman was charged with murder Friday morning after being accused of killing her baby boy, possibly just minutes or hours after his birth.

About 1 p.m. ET Thursday, authorities responded to a 911 call reporting a lifeless newborn body discovered in an Athens home, according to a police news release. The baby's body had possible stab wounds and cuts, according to NBC station WXIA of Atlanta.

Police issued an arrest warrant Thursday night for the mother, 21-year-old Cassandra Elyse Norwood, WXIA reported. She was charged and booked in jail Friday morning.

Until the autopsy is complete, police are still not sure how soon after birth the baby was killed, but it may have been just minutes or hours, Athens-Clarke County police Capt. Clarence Holeman told NBC News Friday.

No one else in the home at the time was hurt, and police are looking for the baby's father, WXIA reported.

A motive in the death has not been released, according to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

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twinkletoes wrote:Police: Georgia mom stabs newborn baby to death, possibly just hours after birth

By NBC News staff
An Athens, Ga., woman was charged with murder Friday morning after being accused of killing her baby boy, possibly just minutes or hours after his birth.

About 1 p.m. ET Thursday, authorities responded to a 911 call reporting a lifeless newborn body discovered in an Athens home, according to a police news release. The baby's body had possible stab wounds and cuts, according to NBC station WXIA of Atlanta.

Police issued an arrest warrant Thursday night for the mother, 21-year-old Cassandra Elyse Norwood, WXIA reported. She was charged and booked in jail Friday morning.

Until the autopsy is complete, police are still not sure how soon after birth the baby was killed, but it may have been just minutes or hours, Athens-Clarke County police Capt. Clarence Holeman told NBC News Friday.

No one else in the home at the time was hurt, and police are looking for the baby's father, WXIA reported.

A motive in the death has not been released, according to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

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So Sad. When there are so many states with SAFE HAVEN laws why would ANYONE do this??

Little Girl, these monsters do it even where they have safe haven laws. We have one in Florida but it is only good for 7 days.

These murdering monsters could contact an adoption agency and they would be thrilled to adopt these babies out. There is always a shortage of babies to adopt. That is why this kind of murder puzzles me so.

I read today about a woman who murdered her newborn and was given 3 years probation. Many judges don't put much value on a baby's life either.

She was in the news again because she just died at age 29.

Karma.

Athens woman Cassandra Elyse Norwood accused of stabbing baby pleads not guilty

02/27/2013 06:54:00



Cassandra Norwood sits inside the courtroom during a bond hearing in the case of State of Georgia v. Cassandra Elyse Norwood in Athens, Ga., Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012. Norwood is accused of fatally stabbing her newborn son on Nov. 1, 2012  
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An Athens Georgia woman charged with stabbing her newborn son to death has pleaded not guilty.

The Athens Banner-Herald reports (http://bit.ly/XzBhlB) that 21-year-old Cassandra Elyse Norwood entered the not guilty plea during a Tuesday court hearing.

Authorities say Norwood hid her pregnancy from relatives. Officials say that after giving birth in early November, Norwood used a large kitchen knife to stab the newborn and hid his body.

Authorities say Norwood told them she stabbed the baby while trying to cut the umbilical cord.

At Tuesday's hearing, Norwood pleaded not guilty to charges of malice murder, felony murder, aggravated assault and three charges of possession of a knife during the commission of a crime.

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