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WARREN -- City police charged a 33-year-old mother after her stillborn baby was discovered dead in her home last month.
Prosecutors on Wednesday issued a warrant for the arrest of Brittany Watts of Tod Avenue NW, charging her with a single count of abuse of a corpse, a fifth-degree felony.
Watts pleaded not guilty Thursday during her arraignment in Warren Municipal Court and later was released after posting $5,000 bond.
She is due to appear
in court again Nov. 2.
Warren police arrived Sept. 22 at Watts' Tod Avenue NW home for a death investigation that led to the discovery of Watts' dead newborn baby.
The child was identified only as Baby Watts on a police report with no gender identification and a date of birth that was listed as the same day of the police investigation of the home.
The report states the child's corpse showed signs of injury.
Detectives and a Trumbull County coroner's office investigator were called to collect evidence from the home.
A coroner's office spokesperson said the investigation into the newborn's injuries has not yet been completed.