Daughter of Baseball Hall of Famer accused of abandoning newborn baby in woods in 15-degree cold - NBC News

The girl of a Baseball Hall of Famer has been arrested aft she gave commencement to a babe successful the woods successful freezing temperatures and misled constabulary astir the abandoned infant’s whereabouts, officials said.

Alexandra Eckersley, 26, was arrested Monday and accused of abandoning her newborn babe successful a structure “without vigor oregon due covering successful the woods” successful frigid 15-degree weather, according to charging documents.

She is the girl of Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Dennis Eckersley, a longtime announcer for the Boston Red Sox, a typical for the shot subordinate confirmed to NBC Boston.

Alexandra Eckersley called 911 conscionable earlier 12:30 a.m. Monday saying she had fixed commencement successful the woods successful Manchester, and police, on with occurrence and aesculapian personnel, searched for the kid to nary avail, according to the apprehension affidavit.

Given the dire circumstances and the utmost cold, a authorities constabulary K-9 unit joined the hunt to find “what they believed would beryllium a assemblage astatine that time” the affidavit said. 

After astir an hour, Eckersley, described arsenic homeless, “revealed the existent determination of the babe and led officers to the area,” police said.

The babe was recovered "alive and moving" successful a ample structure made of tarps astatine a campsite. The child, who was recovered lying connected the crushed adjacent to the furniture down a blanket, was hospitalized.

An hr and 13 minutes passed from the 911 telephone to the clip the kid was found, the affidavit stated.

Court documents uncover the kid was apt calved prematurely connected Christmas Day and weighed 4.41 pounds.

A doc told constabulary that child’s size was accordant with Eckersley’s being six months large astatine the clip of the birth, according to tribunal documents.

Eckersley told detectives that she was successful symptom connected Christmas Day and believed she was constipated oregon hemorrhaging. She told an EMT that she had “no idea” she was pregnant, the affidavit said.

However, she had told a confidant 1 week earlier that she was 4 to 5 months pregnant, according to the affidavit.

Asked wherefore she walked distant aft having fixed birth, she responded "that she did not cognize what to do," the filing said.

A responding serviceman believed that she was nether the power of drugs, stating “that astatine times Eckersley was unsteady connected her feet and that she would thrash astir broadside to side.” 

Another serviceman said successful the affidavit that it appeared she whitethorn person been nether the power of immoderate signifier of narcotics. She admitted to that serviceman that she uses cocaine and marijuana but said the past clip she utilized the substances was 2 days previously, according to the affidavit. 

Eckersley yet told detectives that she had fixed commencement and that she and her fellow near the structure and walked crossed a adjacent footbridge to hold for an ambulance. She said that she tried to telephone 911 respective times but that the calls did not spell through.

Asked by an serviceman wherefore she did not instrumentality the babe with her, she said: “What bash they archer you erstwhile a level goes down? Save yourself first,” according to the affidavit. 

She admitted that she and her fellow agreed to archer constabulary the commencement took spot successful a antithetic country truthful constabulary would not find and instrumentality their tents, the affidavit said. 

She was arrested Monday and charged with reckless conduct, second-degree battle by utmost indifference, falsifying carnal grounds and endangering the payment of a child, according to documents filed successful Hillsborough North Superior Court. 

She appeared successful tribunal from her infirmary furniture by telephone Tuesday and was ordered to beryllium held connected $3,000 bail, NBC Boston reported.

Her lawyer argued successful tribunal Tuesday that Eckersley was traumatized.

“I don’t deliberation it’s unreasonable astatine each that she was disoriented, confused, perchance suffering from hypothermia, if she had conscionable fixed commencement extracurricular successful the elements,” Jordan Strand said, the presumption reported.

Eckersley’s household said successful a connection Thursday that they had nary anterior cognition of her gestation and were "utterly devastated" by the events.

The household said their adopted girl has had intelligence wellness issues her full life, and since 20 has chosen to unrecorded connected the streets. The household said they tried to enactment her arsenic champion they could, and ever offered her a way home.

“We convey you for your enactment and prayers for this beautiful, guiltless babe boy. We anticipation radical recognize what an agonizing concern this is and we respectfully inquire for privacy,” the household said successful the statement.