SAN ANTONIO – A woman arrested in connection with what San Antonio police initially believed was an abandoned baby case could soon be released from jail.
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Court records show Ava Marie Guerra, 28, has posted a $150,000 bond. However, as of Wednesday afternoon, she was still in the process of being released, according to jail records.
Guerra was arrested Monday on a charge of injury to a child.
The charge stems from a case involving a newborn who was turned over to officers on a downtown street last Tuesday.
An arrest warrant affidavit states that police later identified Guerra as the mother of that baby boy.
According to the affidavit, an unidentified man walked up to a uniformed officer, who was off-duty at the time, outside Whataburger in the 400 block of Commerce Street and handed over the baby.
Police reported the man told the officer he had found the baby, who was in a basket and wrapped in a towel, on another street just east of downtown.
Initially, police said the baby had been abandoned.
However, the affidavit stated that officers found out the man knew Guerra.
Investigators later questioned Guerra, who admitted to giving birth to the baby unexpectedly in the bathroom of a friend’s apartment.
According to the affidavit, Guerra told investigators she had no plans to keep the infant, and that she did not want to know the gender of the baby.
Doctors who examined the newborn boy found methamphetamine in his system. They also determined he had lost a life-threatening amount of blood due to his umbilical cord not being clamped, the affidavit states.
The baby remains in the hospital in critical condition.
KSAT tracked down a relative of Guerra at a Northeast Side apartment complex.
The relative initially agreed to speak on behalf of Guerra. However, she later said an attorney had advised against it.
Texas' Safe Haven Law, also known as the Baby Moses law, allows parents who are unable to care for their children to legally and safely surrender them up until they are 60 days old by handing them over at designated safe places, like hospitals and fire stations. Click here for more information.