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Lauryn Louise Last is only 16, but has been charged as an adult in the crime. That fact is the reason that despite her age, she can be named.
The baby was found Monday after authorities sifted through 60 tons of trash in a landfill near Tacoma. An affidavit filed that day said that Last:
"put her baby face down into a toilet and allowed it to drown for several minutes until it died. Then she threw her son into the trash can outside in a plastic garbage bag."
Authorities believe the baby died on or about Dec. 31st.
Lauren Louise Last lives in Port Angeles. Police Chief Terry Gallagher said that DNA testing to confirm whether the infant is hers might not be available for a month or more.
The maximum sentence Last can receive in Washington State is life in prison. At the same time, her father, Ronald Eugene Last Jr., is to be arraigned Friday on felony charges of possession of a firearm and possession of methamphetamine, as well as the misdemeanor charge of concealing birth.
Posted January 8th, 2009 by Michael Santo
