Oxnard mother suspected of leaving newborn in strawberry field
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An Oxnard woman who allegedly gave birth in a strawberry field and left the newborn to die has been booked on suspicion of murder, according to the Ventura County Sheriff’s Department.
Authorities believe Rosalba Moran, 20, of Oxnard delivered the child on May 21, in a Camarillo-area field in the 3200 block of Central Avenue.
The infant’s body was later discovered by a farm worker, Gabriel Ortiz, 43, who told the Ventura County Star he found the body while checking a hose line near a row of poppies bordering the field. Ortiz told a supervisor, who called police.
Ortiz, the father of a 6-month-old daughter, told the newspaper he was shaken by the discovery.
Police took DNA samples from more than 100 fieldworkers in the area, and a swab eventually led to Moran, officials said. She was arrested Dec. 21 and is being held on $1-million bail at Todd Road Jail, according to a Sheriff’s Department release.
Detectives are still working to identify the baby’s father. Anyone with information about the case can contact Det. Lopez or Det. Worthy at (805) 383-8786. ALSO:
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