NH Woman Charged For Leaving Her Baby In A Tent In December

John Simmons | December 28, 2022
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A woman in Manchester, NH, is being arrested for abandoning her baby in the freezing cold outdoors.

The Manchester Police Department responded to a call early on Monday morning regarding Alexandra Eckersley, the adopted daughter of MLB Hall of fame pitcher Dennis Eckersley. Alexandra had the baby in a tent after refusing help from local organizations and then initially led police officers away from the child.

However, officers eventually found the baby after an hour from first meeting Alexandra, who was “moving, not crying, and exposed.” Local EMT medics provided life-saving measures to the child and then immediately got it to a hospital.

"Had we not collectively located that little boy when we did and rendered the first aid that was rendered, I’m quite confident the child probably would have died in that tent,” Manchester Chief of Police Allen Aldenburg said.

However, that was of no concern to Alexandra, who gave a disturbing and cold-hearted response to why she left the child alone.

“What do they tell you when a plane goes down? Save yourself first,” she said.

Aldenburg further stated that the cruelty expressed by Alexandra in this situation rightfully angered him to his core.

“So if you choose to in the woods and you refuse our outreach, you refuse services, so be it, that’s your decision as an individual … But you don’t get to do this to a child,” Aldenburg said. “I don’t care what excuses I’m undoubtedly going to hear. I’m going to hear mental health, I’m going to hear substance abuse, I’m going to hear alcohol abuse, whatever it may be and I’m always sensitive to that. But when it comes to this, I lose my sensitivity, my compassion for those excuses.”

Alexandra now faces charges of endangering the welfare of a child, second-degree assault with extreme indifference and falsifying physical evidence.

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