Kimberly Pappas has been charged with murder and child abuse

A woman has been charged with murder after she gave birth at work and then allegedly tried to hide the infant by shoving it inside her desk drawer.

Kimberly Pappas, 25, allegedly used cuticle scissors to sever the umbilical cord of her new-born son, after giving birth in the office bathroom, according to the Detroit Free Press.

She then shoved the infant into a sealed plastic bag and concealed him inside her desk for about 30 minutes.

But police were called after concerned co-workers heard groaning in the bathroom and discovered a pool of blood in the toilet cubicle.


Pappas reportedly told police that she had suffered a miscarriage, but an autopsy declared the baby’s death a murder – and determined that the infant had died from suffocation shortly after birth.



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Her defence attorney, Ray Cassar, told the Detroit Free Press that she had been in therapy for mental-health issues.

‘I don’t think she understands what’s going on,’ he said.

Pappas will undergo a psychiatric evaluation and returns to court in June to face charges of murder and child abuse.