Updated: 10:52 PM EST Mar 1, 2021 A woman is facing multiple charges, including attempted murder, as she stands accused of abandoning her newborn baby boy inside a trash can in Boston s Dorchester neighborhood.Marie Merisier, a 33-year-old Haitian native who is currently living in Milton, was also charged with endangerment of a child during her arraignment Monday in Dorchester District Court.On Friday, a woman who was walking along Dorchester Avenue says she heard crying coming from a trash barrel and asked for the help of emergency medical technicians who were nearby. He grabbed a grocery bag out of the trash can. Two other EMTs came over, cut the bag open, it was a newborn baby found inside of it, said Silvana Sanchez.Boston police confirmed the infant was found in the area of 2254 Dorchester Ave., near a pizza shop and a nail salon, around 1:30 p.m. and was rushed to a hospital.Officials say the baby boy is currently in good condition and is described as healthy.During
Updated: 6:53 PM EST Mar 1, 2021
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Show Transcript NEWSCENTER 5’S TED WAYMAN IS LIVE AT THE COURTHOUSE, WITH NEW DETAILS REVEALED LATE THIS AFTERNOO TED: THIS HAS BEEN A BIZARRE STORY SINCE IT BROKE LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THE MOTHER OF THE BABY BOY HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH ENDANGERING A CHILD. PROSECUTORS SAY THE MOTHER IS THIS WOMAN 33-YEAR-OLD MARIE , MARSIER FROM HAITI, INV SAY AND SHE WAS LIVING IN MILTON FRIDAY WHEN WHEN SHE WENT TO CLEAN AN ELDERLY MAN UP OSBY IS HOME ON DORCHESTER AVENUE. HE TOLD POLICE SHORTLY AFTER ARRIVING SHE WENT TO THE BATHROOM. AFTER ABOUT AN HOUR, HE HEARD THE CRIES OF A BABY AND THEN MARSIER QUICKLY LEFT THE HOUSE LEFT THE HOUSE. A SHORT TIME LATER, SOMEONE DORCHESTER AVENUE HEARD CRIES OF THE BABY COMING FROM THE TRASHCAN. PARAMEICS FOUND THE NEWBORN BABY BOY AND GOT HIM TO HOSPITAL WHERE HE SAID TO BE SAFELY. AT HER ARRAIGNMENT MARSIER IS , SAID TO HAVE MENTAL ISSUES, AND ALLEGEDLY TOLD POLICE WHEN THEY WENT TO HE