Man charged in newborn’s death
Published 4:50 pm Thursday, September 28, 2017
ROCHESTER — A Rochester man accused of assaulting a pregnant woman is charged with first-degree manslaughter after the infant delivered by emergency surgery died.
Police said the 20-year-old man pushed his girlfriend, who was 26 weeks pregnant, to the floor last Thursday.
According to a press release, the woman drove herself to the hospital after suffering abdominal pains. Doctors delivered the baby by emergency cesarean section. The child was on life support at Mayo Clinic-Rochester Methodist until Sunday night.
A judge in Olmsted County set bail at $200,000 with conditions or $400,000 without.