Woman gives birth at work and keeps the baby in a sealed plastic

A woman gave birth at work and then allegedly tried to hide the infant by shoving it inside her desk drawer.

Kimberly Pappas, 25, allegedly used cuticle scissors to sever the umbilical cord of her new-born son, after giving birth in the office bathroom, according to the Detroit Free Press.

She then  put the baby in a sealed plastic bag for 30 minutes and kept it under an office drawer.

The police were called because a co-workers heard groaning in the bathroom and discovered a pool of blood in the toilet cubicle.

Pappas reportedly told the police that she had suffered a miscarriage, but an autopsy declared the baby’s death a murder – and determined that the infant had died from suffocation shortly after birth.

Ray Cassar, her defence attorney told the Detroit Free Press that she had been receiving therapy for mental-health issues.

‘I don’t think she understands what’s going on,’ he said.

Pappas will undergo a psychiatric evaluation and returns to court in June to face charges of murder and child abuse.

Metro