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Mother accused of drowning newborn whose body was found in motel dumpster days later

Katherine Langford
Editor-in-Chief · Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 8:01 AM · 1 min read
Mother accused of drowning newborn whose body was found in motel dumpster days later — ABC 7 Suncoast SWFL, Naples Health news
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FORT WORTH, Texas (Gray News) - A Texas woman is facing charges after investigators say she drowned her newborn daughter in a motel bathtub days before the baby’s body was found in a dumpster.Avia Lynette Cantrell, 23, is facing a capital murder charge after Fort Worth Police say she drowned her newborn daughter in a motel bathtub. The baby’s body was found in a dumpster outside the motel days later.Cantrell’s boyfriend, 26-year-old Camron Kyjuan Baker, was also arrested in relation to the case. He is facing a charge of abuse of a corpse.Police responded about 8:40 p.m. Sunday to a Fort Worth motel after a baby was found in a dumpster outside. The baby was taken to the hospital, where they were pronounced dead, KTVT reports.Surveillance footage from Sunday afternoon showed a woman putting a box of items, including a car seat, into the dumpster. The motel manager identified the woman as Cantrell, according to an arrest affidavit obtained by The Dallas Morning News.Investigators question

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