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MURFREESBORO, TN (TheBlaze/AP) -- Prosecutors in Tennessee have indicted a woman on charges of attempted first-degree murder for what investigators describe as a botched self-abortion six months into her pregnancy.
Image source: The Murfreesboro Post
The Daily News Journal reports that Anna Yocca, of Murfreesboro, about 33 miles southeast of Nashville, was arrested Wednesday. She is jailed on a $200,000 bond.
According to a Murfreesboro Police Department report, in September, Yocca, 31, filled a bathtub with water and attempted to self-abort with a coat hanger. She began bleeding and became worried about her safety.
Her boyfriend took her to the hospital where doctors delivered a 24-week-old baby weighing just 1.5 pounds. Doctors told investigators the child will need medical support for the rest of his life because of the injuries he sustained.
Yocca is due in court Dec. 21. Jail officials did not know whether she has an attorney.
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