Overview

• Authorities used forensic genome sequencing to identify Stotts as the baby's mother.
• The newborn was abandoned with her umbilical cord still attached, leading to her death.
• Stotts allegedly failed to seek medical care after giving birth outside a medical facility.
• The case was revived in 2021 with the help of advanced DNA testing techniques.
• Stotts is being prosecuted under the laws in effect at the time of the incident.