012702 Girl, 14, Is Charged in Her Newborn's Death
            By THE NEW YORK TIMES
             14-year-old Staten Island girl has been charged with manslaughter 
            in the death of her newborn son a month ago, the authorities said 
            yesterday. 
            The medical examiner's office ruled last week that the death was a 
            homicide, and the girl, whose name has not been released because she 
            is being charged as a juvenile, was arrested on Friday.
            She gave birth about 11:30 on Christmas night, the police said. 
            Emergency medical workers, responding to a call of someone with 
            stomach pains, found the girl seated on the toilet, the police said. 
            When she stood up, the emergency workers saw the baby in the water 
            and were unable to resuscitate him, they said.
            Investigators said they did not believe the girl drowned the baby 
            deliberately, but they said she did not try to rescue the infant.

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