EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — A 24-year-old Oregon woman accused of murdering her newborn has testified she faked the pregnancy and falsely confessed to killing a baby boy because she wasn’t thinking clearly.
Angelica Swartout of Springfield gave a videotaped confession in which she tearfully confessed to delivering and smothering a baby in a workplace employee restroom on Oct.
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