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02-15-2004, 05:13 AM
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/02/14/1076548276675.html
Woman indicted in baby abandonment
By Domingo Ramirez Jr.
Star-Telegram Staff Writer
A Hurst woman accused of discarding her newborn son in a trash bin was indicted
Thursday on a count of attempted capital murder.
Tarrant County grand jurors in Fort Worth returned the indictment against Dana
L. Wilson, 24, of Hurst. She remained free on $100,000 bail.
If convicted, Wilson faces a maximum sentence of life in prison.
"The family is disappointed," said Ward Maedgen of Dallas, Wilson's attorney.
"But they are looking forward to their day in court."
The baby, who was treated at Cook Children's Medical Center in Fort Worth,
remained in foster care Thursday, Maedgen said.
An arrest warrant affidavit accuses Wilson of dumping her son in a trash bin
Nov. 14, after placing him in a plastic bag and tying it. The bin, in the 100
block of East Harwood Road, was scheduled to be emptied that day.
The infant was found by a veterinarian and a technician at Metroplex Animal
Clinic.
Wilson told a friend that she became pregnant by a man she met through an
Internet dating service, according to the affidavit.
She told the same friend that she had the baby at her Hurst home and that she
wanted nothing to do with him, the affidavit states.
A few days after the baby was found in the trash bin, Wilson and her mother
went to a Euless medical clinic and told a doctor that Dana Wilson gave birth
at home and put the baby up for adoption at Cook Children's Medical Center in
Fort Worth, according to a search warrant affidavit.
Hurst police said an investigation showed that the baby was not taken to Cook.
Dana Wilson's mother, Delbra Wilson, once worked as an associate judge in
Tarrant County, presiding over hearings concerning paternity and enforcement of
child support payments, county officials said.
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A good friend will come and bail you out of jail . . . but, a true friend will
be sitting next to you saying, "Damn . . . that was fun!"
-----Unknown
Woman indicted in baby abandonment
By Domingo Ramirez Jr.
Star-Telegram Staff Writer
A Hurst woman accused of discarding her newborn son in a trash bin was indicted
Thursday on a count of attempted capital murder.
Tarrant County grand jurors in Fort Worth returned the indictment against Dana
L. Wilson, 24, of Hurst. She remained free on $100,000 bail.
If convicted, Wilson faces a maximum sentence of life in prison.
"The family is disappointed," said Ward Maedgen of Dallas, Wilson's attorney.
"But they are looking forward to their day in court."
The baby, who was treated at Cook Children's Medical Center in Fort Worth,
remained in foster care Thursday, Maedgen said.
An arrest warrant affidavit accuses Wilson of dumping her son in a trash bin
Nov. 14, after placing him in a plastic bag and tying it. The bin, in the 100
block of East Harwood Road, was scheduled to be emptied that day.
The infant was found by a veterinarian and a technician at Metroplex Animal
Clinic.
Wilson told a friend that she became pregnant by a man she met through an
Internet dating service, according to the affidavit.
She told the same friend that she had the baby at her Hurst home and that she
wanted nothing to do with him, the affidavit states.
A few days after the baby was found in the trash bin, Wilson and her mother
went to a Euless medical clinic and told a doctor that Dana Wilson gave birth
at home and put the baby up for adoption at Cook Children's Medical Center in
Fort Worth, according to a search warrant affidavit.
Hurst police said an investigation showed that the baby was not taken to Cook.
Dana Wilson's mother, Delbra Wilson, once worked as an associate judge in
Tarrant County, presiding over hearings concerning paternity and enforcement of
child support payments, county officials said.
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A good friend will come and bail you out of jail . . . but, a true friend will
be sitting next to you saying, "Damn . . . that was fun!"
-----Unknown
