Click the play button on the video window to the see the storyTUCSON, Ariz. (AP) -- A 7-pound boy born to a 19-year-old University of Arizona student in her dorm room and later found stuffed in her bag of dirty clothes was in critical condition Thursday.
Campus police said officers discovered the newborn Monday lacking oxygen and gasping for breath.
In a complaint filed Wednesday, police said Sarah Tatum, a sophomore from Scottsdale, told officers she "had miscarried" and that she had put the bag on the floor at the foot of her bed.
"The interview revealed Tatum hid her pregnancy and did not seek prenatal care," the complaint said.
According to the document, Tatum said she delivered the baby in the shower.
It added that a physician at the scene said the baby was suffering from hypoxia, or lack of oxygen, and estimated that he had been in the bag at least two hours.
University Medical Center spokesman George Humphrey said the infant was listed in critical condition in the neonatal unit.
Police booked Tatum into the Pima County Jail on Wednesday on suspicion of attempted murder and child abuse after she was released from UMC.
Later that night, she was released on her own recognizance after an initial appearance despite a prosecutor's $250,000 bond request.
The Pima County Attorney's office had said Tatum was a risk to reoffend because of "mental health issues," was a risk to the community because of the nature of "the inherent nature of the offense" and represented a flight risk because of "facing mandatory prison time if convicted."
She was ordered to surrender a passport within 48 hours of release, to show proof of a mental health evaluation when she appears in court next on March 17 and not to leave the county's Superior Court's jurisdiction without its permission.
Tatum's attorney, Laura Udall, was not in her office Thursday and did not immediately return a call.
Since 2001, Arizona has had a law allowing parents or others to drop off newborn babies at churches, fire stations, hospitals and other so-called "safe havens" without facing charges of abandonment or neglect if the infant is unharmed.
