MARSHFIELD - The parents of a newborn who died Saturday after he was left tied in a plastic garbage bag inside an SUV told police they didn't believe doctors who said the woman was pregnant, according to court documents.

The young couple also said they thought the baby was dead when they drove to a Marshfield hospital to get treatment for the mother, who was bleeding, and left the child in their vehicle in the parking lot, the report said.

Marylinn A. Feher, 22, and Allen L. Rice, 19, of the village of Milladore, made bond appearances Monday in Wood County Circuit Court on anticipated charges of child neglect resulting in death. Judge Nicholas Brazeau Jr. set a $250,000 cash bond for Feher, the baby's mother, and a $35,000 cash bond for Rice. Both are expected to make court appearances on April 22.

A social worker from the hospital, Marshfield Medical Center, called the Wood County Sheriff's Department shortly after 10 a.m. Saturday and said a baby was missing, according to court documents. Feher had arrived at the hospital's emergency room at 2:18 a.m. because she was bleeding heavily, the documents said.

Feher denied having given birth when doctors questioned her as late as 4 p.m. Saturday, according to court documents. Her son, who was born between midnight and 12:30 a.m., was wrapped in a towel and tied into a white trash bag in a 2000 Jeep Cherokee parked a little more than 100 yards from the emergency room entrance, according to documents.

When the Medical Center contacted the Sheriff's Department, deputies went to a home in Milladore and learned what type of vehicle Rice and Feher had been using. Marshfield police found the Jeep in the hospital parking lot, then found the baby in the tied plastic bag inside and rushed the infant into the emergency room.

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Marshfield Medical Center staff members revived the baby and got a heartbeat, but the newborn died from his injuries, according to the Sheriff's Department. The baby was pronounced dead at 5:30 p.m. Saturday.

Feher told police a doctor informed her in October that she was pregnant but she didn't believe it, because a doctor told her in 2015 that she couldn't get pregnant.

Rice told investigators he went to as many as three doctor's appointments with Feher where the doctor said she was pregnant, but the couple refused to accept the diagnosis, according to court documents. Investigators found texts from Feher to Rice about the pregnancy.

On Friday evening, Feher was working at her job at a nursing home when she began experiencing cramps. She drove to a Milladore home and asked Rice to get her something for the pain. Feher told investigators she didn't know what was happening and she was frightened.

Feher was in so much pain she crawled from the kitchen stove into a first-floor bathroom, she told investigators. At first she said she gave birth to her son in the bathtub but later said she gave birth while sitting on the toilet, according to court records.

Rice told investigators Feher called for him and he found her on the toilet and could see the head and shoulder of the baby coming out. The baby fell into the water, and Rice said he pulled it out.

Rice told investigators he knows CPR and tried to revive the baby, but it didn't work. He wrapped the baby in a towel, put him in a plastic bag and carried the infant out to his Jeep, according to court records. He placed the baby on the floor in the back seat. Rice said he couldn't get a heartbeat or find any indication the baby was breathing.

Rice said he tripped and dropped the baby on the way out to the vehicle, according to court records. Hospital employees found leaves, mud and twigs on the infant from the home's yard.

Feher said she cleaned up the mess in the bathroom with towels as best as she could and had Rice put the towels in a plastic bag and throw them into a dumpster. She then cleaned herself, put on fresh clothes and asked Rice to drive her to the emergency room, according to court documents.

The couple told investigators they thought they heard a noise from the back seat while driving to Marshfield, but they left the infant in the vehicle when Feher went into the emergency room.

Rice said he stayed in the Jeep with the baby and tried three times to revive him, according to court documents. He didn't take the baby inside the hospital because he thought the newborn was dead and he was scared, Rice told police.

Rice went into the emergency room to check on Feher at about 5 a.m. He went back out to the Jeep to check on the baby about 7:30 a.m., and it was at that time he tied the bag shut, according to court documents. Investigators believe the bag had been tied about 3.5 hours before police found the infant inside.

An autopsy indicated the boy was born alive and suffered injuries around his neck that would not have come from the birth, according to court records. Feher told investigators she put her hands around the baby's throat at one point during the delivery. It may take some time before the exact cause of the baby's death is known, the records said.

The Sheriff's Department said in addition to the charge of fatal child neflect, it plans to recommend a homicide charge against the baby's mother. Charges had not yet been filed against the couple by Wednesday afternoon.