Warrant: Man threw bag with infant's body into reservoir
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A Connecticut man was charged Friday with helping his girlfriend dispose of a stillborn baby boy whose body was found inside a plastic bag in a reservoir in March.
State police also charged Benjamin Edgerly, 21, of Bristol, with helping to conceal the boy's birth. He was released on a promise to appear in court. His attorney didn't immediately respond to a request for comment Saturday.
The mother, 19, told state police she "knew something was off" after giving birth at her grandparent's home on March 13, an arrest warrant says.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}"The baby's umbilical cord was wrapped around his neck; he wasn't crying, his lips were bluish and his skin a slight purple," the woman told police, according to the warrant. "I panicked. I had done this completely alone."
On March 19, she put the body in a white trash bag and into Edgerly's book bag, the warrant says. Edgerly allegedly told police he threw the bag into a reservoir just before midnight on March 20.
The infant's body was discovered the next morning in the reservoir in Harwinton, a town about 24 miles (39 kilometers) west of Hartford.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Edgerly and the mother told Bristol police what happened after learning that the body was found, the warrant says.
An autopsy confirmed the baby had been a stillborn. DNA matched the baby to the mother, but not to Edgerly, according to the warrant.