The mother of a newborn who was killed in an Abilene home on Monday has been arrested and charged with murder.
Amber Craker, 18, is being held in the Taylor County Jail on bonds totaling $300,000 for the First Degree Murder and Tampering with/Fabricating Physical Evidence. She was arrested on Tuesday afternoon as soon as she was released from Hendrick Medical Center.
Her boyfriend, Damian Scott Cate, 22, was arrested on the same charges just hours after the newborn was found deceased. His bond is also set at $300,000.
APD responded to the 400 block of South 25th Street around 8:30 a.m. after Hendrick Medical Center staff reported doctors examined a woman who had just given birth, but there was no baby with her when she checked into the hospital.
Officers executed a search warrant after learning the remains of the newborn may be located on the property. The initial investigation lead police to believe the remains were located somewhere in the home’s drainage system, so they called plumbers to the scene who snaked the drain and located the sewage pipe.
Detectives were only able to find birth tissue in the pipe. The baby was later located inside. APD says the newborn’s body was hidden and exhibited “visible trauma”.
Several suspects are being questioned in connection to this crime as the Abilene Police Department moves forward with a homicide investigation.
Court documents indicate Craker’s family members may have aided in the birth and/or murder of the newborn.
(Information from BigCountryHomepage.com)
