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New details emerge at arraignment of Alexandra Eckersley

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A homeless woman accused of leaving an hour-old baby in a tent in Manchester, fearing she might lose the tent, was searched by police, according to a police affidavit filed in New Hampshire’s Hillsborough County Superior Court. was moved away from the site.

Alexandra Eckersley, 26, is the daughter of former Red Sox great Dennis Eckersley, and her boyfriend also had propane heating in the tent protecting the baby while she waited outside for an ambulance, according to the documents. I decided to cut.

Alexandra Eckersley’s public defender gave a very different account of what happened after Eckersley gave birth to a baby boy in a tent just after midnight Monday night on the Westside near the Piscataquog River. told police she didn’t know she was pregnant.

Baby is currently in the hospital. Police said he is expected to survive.

Among new details announced Tuesday:

Authorities have filed an affidavit explaining that Eckersley was likely on drugs, was unsteady on her feet, and slammed left and right when trying to get her to tell her where the baby was. . She admitted to using cocaine about two days before giving birth.

Police later spoke to her mother, Nancy Eckersley, according to assistant prosecutor Carl Olson, who handled the arraignment.

She refused, he said.

Eckersley, who called 911 about the baby, had a propane heater running in the tent at one point, paid for by her mother, but she and her boyfriend decided to turn it off while waiting for an ambulance. Did.

High Court Judge Diane Nikolosi has ruled that Eckersley may be released to a home drug treatment program. Otherwise, she will have to post $3,000 bail to get out of prison and live in either her parents’ home, a sober home, or a place approved by a judge or prosecutor. .

In any case, Eckersley cannot have contact with her baby.

Her public defender said when police arrived, Eckersley was suffering from blood loss, premature labor, unattended birth and possible hypothermia, despite doing all she could. “She did what she had to do to get her help. Her birth was incredibly dangerous even under the best of circumstances,” said public defender Jordan Strand.

The baby weighs 4.4 pounds and is estimated to be 3 months premature. Olson said rescuers gave the child emergency breathing and took him first to the Catholic Medical Center and then to Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, where he was intubated.

Although released on bail on charges of endangering children, including babysitting, Eckersley does not have an extensive criminal record.

Authorities say they plan to charge her boyfriend, identified as George Tebarge, 45, in court documents.

Birth details, search

An affidavit filed in court describes a desperate search by police and rescue workers after receiving a call about the birth. She said she had just given birth.

She pointed to a baseball field near the Westside Ice Arena, but “Eckersley didn’t seem to know where the child was,” the affidavit said. I called a New Hampshire police corpse dog.

The temperature was around 15 degrees.

Eckersley helped search and returned to the ambulance an hour later to warm up. She spoke with her EMT, who directed the searchers to Goffstown on the other side of the footbridge.

Olson said Eckersley changed his mind after having a heartfelt conversation with the EMT.

Strand said Eckersley had time to warm up, think more clearly and communicate the exact location of the tent.

Eckersley explained why she didn’t take her baby with her while waiting for an ambulance. Protect yourself first. ”

There is one small tent inside the big tent. There was a large amount of blood and several blankets in the bedroom where the baby was found. Police found the baby lying on the ground next to the bed behind a blanket, the affidavit read. Rescuers gave the child artificial respiration, Olson said.

Eckersley told police the baby cried less than a minute after birth, and Theberge believed the baby had no pulse.

She told police she was worried about losing the tent.

“Eckersley had said it would be very difficult to survive if she lost her tent because of the cold Manchester winter,” the affidavit read. To avoid this, she and Theberge decided to tell the police that the birth had taken place on the playground.

Maybe that fear was misplaced. Homeless in the city His shelters are full and the city is not clearing homeless camps, said Adrienne Beloin, director of the city’s Homeless Her initiative.

“At the city property, no one is clearing at this time. Camping in city parks is prohibited, but the area where Eckersley camped didn’t fall into that category, she said.

According to her 2019 profile on the Concord Monitor, Eckersley is homeless and suffers from mental illness. The article quotes her parents, and the Eckersley family acknowledged her as their daughter at the time.

— Mark Hayward / [email protected]

Reporter Jonathan Phelps contributed to this report.

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