Mother fatally stabs newborn with metal letter opener seconds after giving birth

A mother allegedly stabbed her seconds-old newborn to death with a metal letter opener and then stuffed the body in a garbage bag, according to South Carolina authorities. 

The woman, identified as T. Ngo, 31, gave birth to a boy in Easley, SC on Mar. 7, in her apartment complex, according to Fox Carolina. 

Right after the baby was born, Ngo allegedly cut the umbilical cord with a metal letter opener and then proceeded to repeatedly stab her just-born baby to death with the household object, the report stated, citing the Easley Police Department. 

“I’ll be honest with you. I’ve been doing this for over two and-a-half decades and I have never seen anything this gruesome. I’ve never seen anything this bad,” Easley Police Chief Brandon Liner said at a press conference Wednesday, March 12. 

After the stabbing, the twisted mom then allegedly put the bloodied infant in a trash bag and moved the bag outside of the room where she was found, Fox Carolina said. 

Easley Police officers were called to the scene by Ngo’s boyfriend, though it is not clear if he was at the apartment at the time of the alleged murder, according to the report. 

Officers arrived to find the newborn baby with severe injuries and he was declared de@d at the scene, the report stated. 

“It was very apparent that Miss Ngo is the one who tragically murd£red this child,” Easley Police Chief Brandon Liner said at a press conference Wednesday. 

“We will speak for this baby,” Liner said, adding, “We will make sure that this baby will receive justice. It didn’t have a chance at life. Not long.” 

Ngo was taken from the scene to the hospital for medical treatment. She was released from the hospital on Tuesday, and promptly arrested by police, according to the report. 

Ngo is charged with homicide by child abuse and has been denied bail, the report stated.