A jury has reached a verdict in the case of a mother charged with abandoning her newborn in subfreezing temperatures after giving birth in the woods, a court spokesperson said Friday.
Av Harris sent an email to The Associated Press confirming that a verdict had been reached. The court has not yet reconvened for the jury to deliver the verdict.
Twenty-seven-year-old Alexandra Eckersley testified that she didn’t know she was pregnant and thought the child had died after she gave birth on Christmas night in 2022. A psychologist testified that Eckersley was suffering from substance use disorder and mental health and developmental issues. She was homeless at the time and gave birth in a tent in Manchester, New Hampshire.
Eckersley is the daughter of baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Dennis Eckersley.
