Media Center > No Charges For Mother Who Gave Birth At Beach

Thursday, September 8, 2003
Source: St. Petersburg Times

BAL HARBOUR - A 21-year-old woman was to be reunited with her newborn son Saturday after prosecutors decided not to file child abuse charges against her for abandoning the infant on a beach after she gave birth.

Miami-Dade County prosecutors said Friday that Teresa Jimenez Garcia, a Mexican woman who was in South Florida, likely was suffering from a medical condition that may have left her confused and led her to leave her baby on the sand. Police found the boy shortly after he was born in late July.

Jimenez, who was working as a nanny for a Mexican family who was vacationing on Bal Harbour beach north of Miami, had been receiving prenatal care and was preparing for her child.

Attorney David Kubiliun said Jimenez was on a flight to Mexico Saturday afternoon. The boy has been with his father in Los Reyes La Paz, Mexico.