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Angela Onduto (left) and the sedate of the newborn she is accused of sidesplitting (Union City Police Department).
A pistillate surviving successful Colorado was charged with the execution of a newborn babe recovered successful California aft DNA proved the babe was her daughter.
Angela Onduto, 46, was arrested successful Denver connected July 2 aft execution charges were formally filed successful transportation with the decease of a newborn babe successful Union City, California, successful 2009. In a Facebook post, Union City constabulary said that the babe miss was recovered dormant successful a dumpster down an flat complex. Police said that Onduto was initially a idiosyncratic of involvement successful the investigation, but she was ne'er arrested and the lawsuit went cold.
Years aft the babe was found, DNA connected her to Onduto, her commencement mother, authorities said.
In May, connected what would person been the baby's 16th birthday, constabulary tracked Onduto down successful Denver and coordinated with section instrumentality enforcement successful the area. Onduto was arrested but released pending ceremonial charges.
After ceremonial execution charges were filed by the Alameda County District Attorney's Office connected July 2, Onduto was arrested again and taken into custody successful Colorado. She is expected to beryllium extradited to Alameda County, wherever she allegedly killed her newborn daughter.
The Union City Police Department took custody of the babe erstwhile her assemblage was recovered connected May 18, 2009, and named her Matea. According to reporting by the San Francisco Chronicle, Matea inactive had her umbilical cord attached and was wrapped successful bloody pantyhose erstwhile she was recovered successful a dumpster by a antheral looking for recyclables.
The constabulary section honored Matea's representation with a imperishable sedate successful 2017 and pays tribute to her connected her day every year.
According to a probable origin connection obtained by the section Bay Area News Group, Onduto allegedly confessed to sidesplitting the babe soon aft she was born. Union City Cold Case Detective Dominic Ayala reportedly wrote successful the statement, "Angela elaborate however she intentionally murdered [Matea] aft giving commencement astatine location successful 2009. Angela expressed nary remorse, and said she knew portion large she had nary volition of keeping the baby. She admitted to discarding Baby Jane Doe successful the dumpster. She denied diagnosis with immoderate psychiatric conditions and/or cause usage astatine the clip of the incident."
Police said the probe into Matea's decease is inactive ongoing. Onduto remains successful custody successful Colorado pending extradition.
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