Florida College Student Charged in Newborn’s Death
Authorities report that a student from the University of Florida is facing charges for allegedly killing her newborn baby in a dorm bathroom.
Brianna Moore, 19, is accused by Hillsborough County prosecutors of suffocating her baby girl shortly after giving birth in a bathroom at a Tampa dorm last April.
Interestingly, about eight months prior, she had sent a text suggesting that killing a baby was her preferred birth control method while discussing abortion options, according to Tampa Bay Times.
“Hey guys, sometimes you need a plan C,” she had texted to an unidentified man. He then elaborated: “Plan A was a condom. Plan B was a pill. Plan C was to kill a child.”
Moore replied, “Plan C is my favorite.”
Her lawyer, Jonah Dickstein, noted that while the text was legal, it was taken out of context, framing it as part of a broader conversation on birth control and abortion.
Notably, the individual she texted was not the father of her child, and she wasn’t even aware she was pregnant at the time, her lawyer added.
Court documents reveal that she was apprehended in her hometown of Mississippi on October 18, 2024, and is set to go to trial on July 22 for manslaughter and related charges.
Moore claimed that on April 27, 2024, she awakened in pain, and upon noticing her wet pants, hurried to the bathroom to discover that she had given birth.
“It wasn’t moving, so I felt a throbbing, and I didn’t feel it,” she reportedly stated.
In her account to campus police, Moore suggested the blood was from her menstrual cycle. However, the deceased baby was found later, wrapped in a bloody towel inside a garbage bag.
Medical examiners determined that the baby died from asphyxiation due to compression of the torso, with a rib fracture noted, as well as several broken ribs and small bleeding in the lungs.
During a pretrial evaluation, forensic neuropsychologists proposed that Moore might have experienced an “inexplicable pregnancy.”
According to reports, Moore enrolled at Tampa University in August 2023 on a $30,000 scholarship and had been achieving excellent grades.
If found guilty of manslaughter, she could face up to 30 years in prison.
