Infant Murder Charges

South L.A. Mother Charged With Murder in Death of 4-Month-Old Infant

Takiyah Rochelle Babers, a 19-year-old woman, has been charged with murder in connection with the death of her 4-month-old baby. The child was found dead in a dumpster in South Los Angeles earlier this week. Babers was charged with assault on a child causing death and is being held in lieu of $2-million bail. Security footage reportedly shows Babers throwing her child's body in the dumpster shortly after her foster mother dropped off. Her next court date is set for October 30.

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