Woman accused of killing newborn

TANGERANG: Police were investigating on Friday a 22-year-old woman accused of killing her newborn baby at her rental house in Kampung Pasir, Pasir Jaya subdistrict, Tangerang municipality.

Tangerang Police chief Adj. Comr. Haru Abimanyu said officers were also looking for the baby's father, who is not married to the mother.

The woman told reporters the baby's father was in Bandar Lampung, Lampung province.

She said she was ashamed of being a single mother and that she could not afford to care for the baby.

Neighbors heard the baby crying early on Friday and went to investigate. The woman took a long time to answer the door, and when they entered the house the neighbors found the baby's body in a cardboard box. -- Antara