Mom Found Guilty Of Killing Newborn Receives Prison Sentence: Official

HOWARD COUNTY, MD — Moira Akers, 41, has been sentenced by Howard County Circuit Court Judge Timothy J. McCrone to 30 years in prison. She was found guilty in April of second-degree murder and first-degree child abuse resulting in death from an incident involving the birth of her child in late 2018.

On Nov. 1, 2018, Howard County Police were called to Howard County General Hospital after
Akers had been driven from her home by paramedics. She did not share that she had given birth until confronted by medical personnel at the hospital, according to the Howard County State’s Attorney’s Office.

Shortly after, investigators responded to the house to conduct a welfare check and found a baby boy wrapped in towels, dead and in a Ziplock bag placed under a blanket in a closet with the door shut, the Howard County State’s Attorney’s Office reported.

On Nov. 2, 2018, an autopsy was done on Baby Akers. A report released in March of 2019 by the
Office of the Chief Medical Examiner which classified the death as a homicide. The report stated the infant was a healthy, full-term baby and alive at birth. The cause of death was declared as asphyxiation and exposure.