21-year-old woman gets 3 years for putting newborn in plastic bag, leaving him to die in NW Side gangway in 2014

Jeff Mayes — Fri, 09 Dec 2016 16:19:50 -0600

By JORDAN OWEN
Chicago Sun-Times Wire

Ana Rosa Mora | Cook County Sheriff's Dept.

A woman who put hernewborn son into a plastic bag, and left the infant to died in a gangway on the Northwest Side in 2014 will spend less than three years in prison.

Ana Rosa Mora, 21, pleaded guilty Nov. 29 to one count of involuntary manslaughter, according to Cook County court records.

Mora’s newborn son was found in a gangway about 8:30 a.m. April 19, 2014, in the 2700 block of North Hamlin Avenue, authorities said at the time. The infant was pronounced dead at the scene.

Mora, who lived on the same block, was arrested after she admitted to putting the live infant inside a plastic bag and leaving him in the gangway, authorities said.

Judge James Obbish sentenced her to three years in prison on Nov. 29, according to court records. She will receive credit for 95 days served in the Cook County Jail, and must serve one year of supervised release.

Mora was booked into the Logan Correctional Center on Wednesday to begin serving her sentence, according to IDOC records.

WEEK IN REVIEW: Eight killed in citywide violence

Michael Lansu — Mon, 28 Apr 2014 08:51:41 -0500

BY MICHAEL LANSU
Homicide Watch Chicago Editor

Eight people were murdered throughout Chicago last week, raising the city's homicide total to nearly 100.

Five of the eight killings happened over the weekend, which also saw 35 other people wounded by gunfire.

The most recent murder happened when 40-year-old Cicero resident Benito Juarez was stabbed during an argument in the 4100 block of West 26th Street about 4:40 a.m. Sunday, authorities said.

Several males approached Juarez as he walked, an argument ensued and Juarez was stabbed in the neck, authorities said. Juarez, of the 2100 block of South 50th Avenue in Cicero, died about an hour later at Mount Sinai Hospital, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office.

Juarez is expected to be the 100th non-police-involved shooting Chicago death ruled a homicide by the medical examiner's office following a Monday autopsy.

In the Logan Square neighborhood, 21-year-old Cindy Bahena was fatally shot while riding in a vehicle in 3500 West Fullerton Avenue about 12:35 a.m. Sunday, authorities said.

A group of males standing on a nearby sidewalk yelled gang slogans at the vehicle then at least one person opened fire, according to police, who said the driver is a known gang member.

Bahena, of the 200 block of North Laramie Avenue, was struck by the gunfire and died at Norwegian-American Hospital at 12:47 a.m., according to the medical examiner’s office.

On Saturday, 17-year-old Jaquez Williams was standing in the 5500 block of West North Avenue when a gunman shot him in the head about 2 a.m., authorities said.

Williams, of the 5400 block of West North Avenue, was dead at the scene, according to the medical examiner's office.

In the Back of the Yards neighborhood, 21-year-old Martavian Emery was fatally shot while in the kitchen area of a home in the 5400 block of South Winchester Avenue about 1:15 a.m. Saturday, authorities. A second person in the kitchen was also wounded.

Detectives believe the gunman opened fire from outside the home, police said.

On Friday, 32-year-old Leonore Draper was fatally shot while in her car 11500 block of South Laflin Street about 10:35 p.m., authorities said.

Draper, of the 1100 block of South Laflin Street, was shot in the right arm and chest and died about two hours later at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, authorities said.

Family members said Draper had just attended A Charitable Confection, a fundraiser on the Near South Side to raise money for teen anti-violence group Project Orange Tree. The group was formed by King College Prep students after the shooting death of Hadiya Pendleton last year.

On Thursday, 22-year-old Darius Kelly was killed in a drive-by shooting in the 900 block of West 83rd Street about 6:25 p.m., authorities said.

Kelly, of the 200 block of West 95th Street, was shot multiple times and died at the scene, according to the medical examiner's office.

In the North Lawndale neighborhood, 19-year-old Demario Collins was in a vehicle in the 1600 block of South St. Louis Avenue when three males opened fire about 3:05 p.m. Thursday, authorities said.

Collins, of the 2100 block of South St. Louis Avenue, was shot in the head, arm and shoulder and died at Mount Sinai Hospital, authorities said.

The killings started about 6:15 a.m. last Monday when emergency personnel found Quinton Jackson with a gunshot wound to the head in the hallway of a building in the 7800 block of South Ingleside Avenue, authorities said.

Jackson, 22, of the 100 block of East 103rd Street, was dead on the scene, according to the medical examiner's office.

Nobody has been charged in any of the murders.

However, Ana Rosa Mora was charged with murder after her newborn son was found wrapped in a plastic bag in the 2700 block of North Hamlin Avenue about 8:30 a.m. April 19, authorities said. Autopsy results were initially inconclusive pending a police investigation.

Mora, 18, of the 2700 block of North Hamlin, was admitted to putting the live infant inside a plastic bag and leaving him lying in a gangway, police said.

On Saturday, Mora was ordered held on $500,000 bond.

Overall, the medical examiner’s office has ruled at least 104 Chicago deaths in 2014 a homicide — including five people killed by police.

Additionally, the state’s attorney’s office filed first-degree murder charges against a speeding motorist who killed an off-duty police officer while trying to flee police even though the autopsy ruled the death an accident.

Chicago Police, which counts murders different, have ruled at least five of the homicides as involuntary manslaughter, justified self-defense or accidents.

Ana Rosa Mora charged with murder after newborn found wrapped in bag in Northwest Side gangway

Michael Lansu — Sat, 26 Apr 2014 20:13:18 -0500

Anda Rosa Mora / Photo from Chicago Police

Ana Rosa Mora has been charged with murder after her newborn son was found wrapped in a plastic bag in a Northwest Side gangway this month.

The newborn boy was found in a gangway in the 2700 block of North Hamlin Avenue about 8:30 a.m. April 19, authorities said. The infant was dead at the scene.

A police source described the baby as a "full-term male infant" believed to be 1 day old.

Mora, 18, of the 2700 block of North Hamlin, was arrested Friday and charged with murder after she admitted to putting the live infant inside a plastic bag and leaving him lying in the gangway, police said.

On Saturday, Mora was ordered held on $500,000 bond and given a next court date of April 28.

-- Sun-Times Media Wire

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21-year-old woman gets 3 years for putting newborn in plastic bag, leaving him to die in NW Side gangway in 2014

WEEK IN REVIEW: Eight killed in citywide violence

Ana Rosa Mora charged with murder after newborn found wrapped in bag in Northwest Side gangway