A woman has set her new born baby ablaze after hiding pregnancy from relatives. She has pleaded guilty to setting her newborn on fire
and leaving her in the middle of a New Jersey street. Hyphernkemberly Dorvilier
pleaded guilty Monday in Mount Holly to first-degree aggravated manslaughter.
She had previously pleaded not guilty to a murder charge.
Authorities say the 23-year-old Pemberton Township resident
doused her newborn with accelerant and set her on fire in January 2015. The
baby had third-degree burns over 60 percent of her body and died two hours
after she was flown to a Philadelphia hospital.
Authorities say Dorvilier gave birth to the baby shortly
before her death, as she somehow hid the pregnancy from her mother and
sister.
Investigators say the baby was found with her umbilical cord
and placenta attached.
A horrified woman who called 911 from the scene told
Dorvilier she was 'disgusting.' In reply, Dorvilier told the woman, 'It's not
mine, it's not mine,' then said, 'I didn't do it, I didn't do it, I didn't do
it.'
A 911 caller at the time told dispatchers 'there's a baby on
fire.'
In the background, a man could be heard telling Dorvilier to
get down.
According to the Burlington County Times, an
autopsy performed by Burlington County Medical Examiner Ian Hood revealed that
the baby relatives posthumously named Angelica died of smoke inhalation and
burns.
She has been in jail since her arrest on January 17, 2015,
and is currently being held on $500,000 bail at the Gerard L. Gormley Justice
Facility, the Times reported.
'You're not going anywhere,' the man told her.
Dorvilier's first audible words can be heard in which she
says 'I'm sorry.'
'You just had the baby,' the 911 caller told Dorvilier.
'I didn't know,' Dorvilier replied.
'Well, then, who had it?' the woman asked. 'How could you do
this? You should have dropped it off at the hospital.'
'I'm sorry,' Dorvilier says repeatedly.
Police said they found a trail of blood leading from
Dorvilier's home and she appeared to be bleeding while at the hospital
afterward.
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