College student accused of letting newborn drown – police reveal phone photos of ‘hated mom’ Casey Anthony

A Florida assemblage pupil is down bars aft allegedly watching her newborn drown aft unexpectedly giving commencement successful a toilet, according to police, who said they recovered photos of "America's astir hated mom" Casey Anthony connected her phone.

Anne Mae Demegillo, 20, was indicted by a expansive assemblage Monday connected charges of first-degree murder, aggravated kid abuse, and nonaccomplishment to study the decease of a idiosyncratic with the intent to conceal the decease oregon change the grounds oregon circumstances surrounding specified death, according to FOX 13. 

Police said Demegillo's telephone had photos of Anthony, who was acquitted successful 2011 connected charges that she killed her 2-year-old daughter, Caylee, successful a lawsuit that remains unsolved.

Demegillo was initially arrested successful March connected charges of aggravated manslaughter of a kid stemming from the decease of her newborn daughter, the State Attorney for Florida's 7th Circuit said successful a statement.

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Anne Mae Demegillo, 20, was indicted by a expansive assemblage connected charges of first-degree murder, aggravated kid abuse, and nonaccomplishment to study a decease successful Flagler County, Florida, connected April 6, 2026. (Flagler County Sheriff's Office)

Prosecutors allege Demegillo gave commencement connected a toilet wrong her location and allowed the babe to drown portion she cleaned up the blood.

Demegillo reportedly claimed she did not cognize she was large erstwhile she delivered the child. 

Immediately aft the kid was born, Demegillo allegedly hid the babe wrong a duffle container successful her closet and "went astir her mean regular routine," the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office said successful a erstwhile statement. 

Demegillo returned aboriginal successful the time to hide the remains successful a shallow grave, authorities allege.

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Anne Mae Demegillo is accused of allowing her newborn babe to drown aft unexpectedly giving commencement connected a toilet wrong her location successful Flagler County, Fla., connected March 5, 2026. (Flagler County Sheriff's Office)

Following a monthlong investigation, authorities said Demegillo had searched "newborn premature babies," "Palm Coast OBGYN" and "foods to alteration fertility," according to the sheriff’s office. 

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"This is 1 of those tragic cases that daze you to your halfway that a parent would let a newborn to dice due to the fact that the newborn was a distraction to her life," Flagler County Sheriff Rick Staly said successful a statement. "It’s hard to comprehend however a parent would take to ticker their babe drown alternatively of lifting the babe retired of the toilet." 

Casey Anthony was recovered blameworthy of lying to instrumentality enforcement officers but not blameworthy of execution charges. (Joe Burbank/Getty Images)

Authorities were initially called to Demegillo’s location connected March 6 regarding a petition for a payment cheque connected an big pistillate aboriginal identified arsenic Demegillo, authorities said.

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The caller told dispatchers that they had received messages from Demegillo indicating she had secretly been large and unexpectedly delivered the kid astatine home, according to police. 

The messages allegedly revealed the babe was "born live and crying, but Demegillo had done thing to the incident," authorities added.

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Upon speaking with Demegillo, she allegedly told officers she was "not definite she was large but began experiencing terrible abdominal pain," successful the aboriginal hours of March 5, and aboriginal delivered the kid successful her bath toilet, constabulary said. 

Authorities added that though she allegedly claimed she believed the kid was dead, "detectives determined that Demegillo knowingly and purposefully allowed the newborn to drown successful the toilet."

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Demegillo aboriginal turned herself into the Sheriff Perry Hall Inmate Detention Facility, wherever she is being held without bond. 

In a tribunal quality past month, Demegillo’s lawyer argued the child’s decease was an "isolated episode" and that she should not beryllium held successful jailhouse due to the fact that she does not person immoderate anterior convictions oregon convulsive history, according to FOX 35.

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"I don't cognize however agelong she volition survive," defence lawyer Michael Politis said. "It's not indispensable to incarcerate her." 

The State Attorney for Florida's 7th Circuit and Demegillo’s lawyer did not instantly respond to Fox News Digital’s petition for comment.