Indian-origin Ohio mother sentenced to 90 days in jail three years after newborn daughter's body found in garbage truck. She says she did not know she was pregnant

An Ohio woman whose newborn daughter's body was found in a garbage truck more than three years ago has been sentenced to 90 days in jail and five years of probation. Anuradha Manukonda, 27, was sentenced on November 6 in Madison County Common Pleas Court after pleading guilty to gross abuse of a corpse, a fifth-degree felony, according to Local 12.The infant girl, later named “Madison Baby Doe” by the community, was discovered by garbage collection workers in the back of a truck in Plain City, Ohio, in June 2023.Manukonda's attorney told the court that she did not know she was pregnant and believed the baby was stillborn when she delivered her while visiting relatives in Plain City.

According to the defence, she panicked following the delivery and placed the newborn in a garbage can.Garbage collectors who found the baby were traumatized; they quit their jobsProsecutors said the discovery had a profound impact on the two garbage collection workers who found the baby's body.“They quit their route. They quit that job.