A teen mother, who hid her pregnancy from her parents, gave birth at her home in Monmouth County and suffocated her child before the baby’s father discarded the body in a dumpster outside an apartment complex, authorities said.

Disturbing details of the newborn’s death were released in an affidavit of probable cause obtained by NJ Advance Media, in which authorities charged the baby’s mother, Jada M. McClain, 18, of Neptune Township with first-degree murder.

McClain, and the man believed to be the infant’s father, Quaimere Mohammed, 19, of Asbury Park, also face charges of second-degree disturbing or desecrating the remains of their son. Mohammed was not implicated in the baby’s murder.

McClain, a student at Neptune High School, allegedly told police that she and Mohammed had had a conversation several days before the baby’s birth about what she would do after the child was born. The couple had discussed that she would kill the baby after giving birth, according to the affidavit.

‘Do what’s best for them’

Mohammed said “they have to do what’s best for them,” according to the document.

Police said they were notified about the possible death when a friend of McClain, whose name was redacted from the probable cause affidavit, contacted police in Asbury Park to report that McClain had given birth to a baby the week before and the child was now deceased.

The friend also told police she had been with McClain in November when McClain had taken a pregnancy test that seemed to confirm she was pregnant, the affidavit says. The friend told police that in February McClain had showed her her stomach and told her friend that she was “drinking, smoking weed, and taking pills” in order to terminate the pregnancy, according to the affidavit.

On March 31, McClain sent her friend a message via Snapchat to inform her that she had delivered the baby in the early morning hours of March 29, and that she had been in a lot of pain while giving birth, the affidavit said.

At that time, McClain did not say where she had delivered the baby or what she had done with her son since. McClain did send her friend two photos of the baby, and the friend told police that the baby appeared to be “blue and purple” with “dry lips and puffy eyes,” according to the affidavit.

The friend could see the photos were taken in McClain’s bedroom as she had been in the room more than 10 times in the past. She told police she recognized McClain’s dresser and the wall of McClain’s bedroom in the background of the photos.

Later that day, McClain told her friend via text message she was bleeding as a result of labor, McClain had also explained that she had not had a miscarriage, she had named her son Legend, and identified the father of the baby as being named Quaimere, according to the affidavit.

Hiding the pregnancy

According to the affidavit, detectives met McClain on Thursday as she left work in Wall Township. She was taken to Neptune police headquarters, where she agreed to be interviewed by investigators.

McClain told detectives she had been dating Mohammed when she discovered she was pregnant sometime in July. At that time, she decided to hide her pregnancy from her parents, the affidavit says.

The teen told police she had considered getting an abortion, but because she was underage at the time she decided against it because she was worried about her mother finding out, according to the affidavit.

McClain said she had given birth around 4 a.m. on March 29 while inside the bathroom of her mother’s home in Neptune Township. She delivered the child while seated on the toilet, but prevented the baby from falling into the water, according to the affidavit.

She said the baby was crying at the time of his birth, and after he was born she went into the shower to clean herself and the baby, the affidavit says.

McClain said she then took the baby into her bedroom, placed the baby on her bed and pressed on the child’s chest to stop him from breathing, according to the affidavit. She told police that prior to doing this she knew the baby was breathing and that “her intention was to stop her baby from breathing,” the document says.

At about 6 a.m. that morning, McClain allegedly called Mohammed to inform him she had given birth. At some point after speaking with Mohammed, she wrapped the baby in a blanket, placed him a bag, then put him into the backseat of her car, according to the affidavit.

McClain then picked up Mohammed from his home and the drove to the ocean, where they sat for an hour, they then went back to Mohammed’s home and sat in the car for another hour, the document says. The couple then pulled into the parking lot of the Washington Village apartment complex in Asbury Park, where Mohammed got out the car and put the baby’s remains into a trash dumpster, according to the affidavit.

McClain later traveled with investigators to the apartment complex in order to identify the dumpster the baby’s remains had been put in, the affidavit said.

Police reviewed video surveillance of the apartment complex, which showed McClain’s vehicle arriving at 9:30 a.m. and Mohammed getting out of the car and discarding a blue-colored trash bag into the trash bin, according to the affidavit.

Olivia Rizzo may be reached at orizzo@njadvancemedia.com. Follow her on Twitter @LivRizz. Find NJ.com on Facebook.

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