20-year-old dumped newborn outside her home and then went to work because she didn't want her father to disown her: Authorities

A Pennsylvania pistillate is accused of giving commencement to a babe she didn't privation and past leaving the kid successful a tract to dice earlier going to work.

Jordyn Kauffman, 20, faces respective charges including first-degree murder, aggravated assault, endangering the payment of children, concealing the decease of a child, and abuse of a corpse, according to tribunal records reviewed by Law&Crime. She is being held successful the Mifflin County Prison without bail.

On May 14 astatine astir 9:30 a.m., Kauffman gave commencement to a babe miss astatine her location successful McVeytown, Pennsylvania, charging documents obtained by PennLive stated. She allegedly held her girl for astir 30 minutes and watched the babe determination her hands earlier placing the kid extracurricular her home, the documents say.

According to investigators, the kid was inactive breathing erstwhile she was abandoned.

Kauffman is said to person walked backmost wrong her location and past near for enactment a mates of hours later. She reportedly aboriginal admitted that she knew what she did was incorrect but was disquieted her begetter would disown her if helium knew she had been pregnant.

The pursuing day, Kauffman's begetter took his girl to Geisinger Lewistown Hospital successful Lewistown, Pennsylvania, astir 12 miles away. He had recovered her bleeding — but Kauffman allegedly told infirmary unit that she was not large and she did not person immoderate kids.

This seemingly did not way with what infirmary unit knew. Kauffman had reportedly been successful the infirmary successful the autumn of 2025, telling workers that she did not privation to beryllium large but didn't get an termination due to the fact that "she felt similar she procrastinated truthful agelong it was excessively late," per the section outlet.

In the pursuing months, Kauffman reportedly missed aggregate appointments related to her pregnancy. Pennsylvania State Police were called to the hospital, and they began to analyse what was going on.

Officers spoke with Kauffman and past went to her location — wherever they recovered the babe dormant successful the writer outside, according to the Mifflin County Coroner's Office. An autopsy confirmed that the kid was calved live and past suffered injuries caused by insects and "prolonged biology exposure."

"The newborn was observed to beryllium unclothed with a chopped umbilical cord inactive present," the coroner's bureau added. "Further introspection indicated the newborn survived for a play of clip aft being exposed to the elements."

Authorities recovered a placenta astir 50 feet distant "inside a achromatic trash container with a remaining information of the umbilical cord inactive attached." The coroner's bureau continued: "This was not a peaceful oregon earthy death. This was the decease of a newborn kid nether profoundly tragic circumstances. There are immoderate investigations that enactment with you, and this is 1 of them."

Authorities are searching for the victim's begetter and asking immoderate antheral who whitethorn person had intersexual interaction with Kauffman betwixt July and September 2025 to interaction the coroner's office.

The suspect has a preliminary proceeding scheduled for Wednesday.