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Texas Woman Indicted After Allegedly Abandoning Newborn on Roadside 23 Years Ago

Texas Woman Indicted After Allegedly Abandoning Newborn on Roadside 23 Years Ago
Stock photo of the feet of a new-born. Fred Dufour /AFP via Getty Images
Mary Lou Lang
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The mother of a newborn baby who was abandoned in a ditch in Texas in 2001 has been indicted for second-degree manslaughter, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced on July 1.

Mr. Paxton and the Office of the Attorney General’s (OAG) Missing Persons and Cold Case Unit secured the indictment of Shelby Stotts, 48, in the death of her newborn daughter.

Mary Lou Lang
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Mary Lou Lang is a freelance journalist and was a frequent contributor to Just The News, the Washington Free Beacon, and the Daily Caller. She also wrote for several local newspapers. Prior to freelancing, she worked in several editorial positions in finance, insurance and economic development magazines.