By Ashley Collman PUBLISHED: 10:33 EST, 27 February 2014 | UPDATED: 11:47 EST, 27 February 2014 The teen mom accused of abandoning her newborn in a dumpster says she thought the boy was dead when she threw him out with the trash, a Child Protective Services caseworker said in Houston yesterday. The caseworker testified in an emergency custody hearing that the 16-year-old didn't even know she was pregnant when she went into labor and gave birth in her apartment bathtub. After giving birth, the teen cut the boy's umbilical cord herself but thought her son was dead so placed him in the dumpster.
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A maintenance worker found the baby alive after hearing cat mewing sounds coming from the dumpster Tuesday morning
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Police identified the mother as a 16-year-old student at South Houston High School
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The teen told a caseworker that she didn't know she was pregnant and hasn't spoken to the 22-year-old father in six months
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She unexpectedly gave birth in a bathtub, but thought the boy died
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The caseworker asked what she wanted to name the boy, and she decided on Carlos after the maintenance worker who found him
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A judge granted temporary custody of the boy the Child Protective Services during an emergency hearing on Wednesday
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