Olympia police say a 23-year-old woman gave birth to a baby boy in a hospital bathroom, then stuffed the newborn into a trash can early Tuesday morning.

Staff at Providence St. Peter discovered the baby, who had also been put in a plastic bag, and resuscitated him. The newborn is at a local pediatric hospital.

The mother, who is from South Bend, is in jail for investigation of attemped murder and abandonment. Seattlepi.com is not naming her because she has not been charged.

The hospital staff alerted Olympia police, whose officers responded at 5:10 a.m.

Police say the woman had come to the hospital for a medical issue unrelated to her pregnancy. In fact, police say, she hid her pregnancy from the hospital.

She went to the bathroom and gave birth. Suspicious hospital staff then went to the bathroom and discovered the newborn.


