GIRL WHO GAVE BIRTH AT THIRTEEN HAS BEEN ADJUDICATED AS
‘RESPONSIBLE’ IN THE DEPRAVED INDIFFERENCE MURDER OF HER
NEWBORN CHILD IN JANUARY 2005

Bronx District Attorney Robert T. Johnson announced today that a young girl who gave
birth barely one month after her 13th birthday, has been adjudicated as ‘responsible’ for the
depraved indifference murder of the infant in January 2005.

M. F. was found responsible on the sole count of the indictment, Murder in the 2nd
degree, in a manner evincing a depraved indifference to human life. The finding was entered by
Family Court Judge Nelida Malave-Gonzalez. The judge found that the defendant did not meet
her burden of proof in arguing that she was not responsible for the infant’s death because of
mental disease or defect. M. F., who turned 15 yesterday, is facing a maximum sentence of
up to 5 years placement in a facility operated by the New York State Division for Youth. Judge
Malave-Gonzalez has scheduled a hearing on the disposition for Friday, December 15, 2006.

The murder occurred on January 14, 2005 at the Morris Avenue apartment where the
defendant, who was then 13, lived with her family. She admitted that after giving birth she
wrapped the infant in a white T-shirt, opened the window in her bedroom, and pushed the
newborn under the window guard allowing him to fall into an alley.

The case is being prosecuted by Assistant District Attorney Kimberley Capers of the
Domestic Violence Bureau and Assistant District Attorney Robin Cowan Deputy Chief of the
Child Abuse / Sex Crimes Bureau.