Teen sentenced for dumping baby

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A teen mother accused of giving birth in her apartment and then getting rid of the baby in the trash was sentenced yesterday
to four years in a mental health unit and 18 months of probation. Tasha Miller, 19, gave birth to a baby in her Indianapolis
apartment in May. She claimed the infant died after delivery and that she put the body in a shoebox and tossed it in a dumpster.
The baby's remains have never been found.
 

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