Nevada Mom Torched Infant's Body, Police Say
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}SPARKS, Nevada -- Nevada police say a 26-year-old mother dumped her 3-month-old daughter in a rural field, then torched the body to hide the evidence.
Suceli Margarita Ardon was held Wednesday on at $100,000 bail pending a court appearance on arson and destroying evidence charges, Jail records show.
It was not immediately clear how the baby died.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}An autopsy shows the infant was dead before the body was set afire, police said.
Ardon allegedly told police her daughter, Randy, stopped breathing one night, prompting a panicked Ardon to dump the child on March 6t because she feared she would be in trouble, KOLO-TV reported Wednesday.
Ardon told police she later returned to the field to visit her daughter.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A woman walking her dogs found the body on Monday.
Randy suffered from severe congenital health problems and was considered terminal. She had a surgical opening for a feeding tube, and that helped lead investigators to Ardon, police said.