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  • In this photo taken Wednesday, March 17, 2010, Defense attorney Shelley Brown helps Ashley Cox from court after the hearing at Oldham County Kentucky District Court in LaGrange, Ky. The Courier-Journal of Louisville reported a Kentucky State Police detective testified 20-year-old Ashley Nicole Cox of Corbin was visiting an inmate at the Roederer Correctional Complex near LaGrange on March 7 when she excused herself, saying she wasn't feeling well. A nurse later found the infant in a bag that had been sent to the medical wing after the restroom was cleaned up. AP Photo/The Courier-Journal, Michael Hayman

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March 19, 2010

Murder case goes to grand jury in newborn death

Cox cries throughout hearing

The Times-Tribune

CORBIN — LAGRANGE (AP) — A central Kentucky judge has sent a murder charge to a grand jury in the case of a woman accused of suffocating her newborn in a prison restroom.

Oldham District Judge Jerry Crosby bound over the case after a hearing Wednesday in LaGrange.

The Courier-Journal of Louisville reported a Kentucky State Police detective testified 20-year-old Ashley Nicole Cox of Corbin was visiting an inmate at the Roederer Correctional Complex near LaGrange on March 7 when she excused herself, saying she wasn’t feeling well.

A nurse later found the infant in a bag that had been sent to the medical wing after the restroom was cleaned up.

KSP Detective Todd Harwood testified the infant’s mouth was stuffed full of toilet paper and a medical examiner ruled the child suffocated after being born healthy at 6 pounds, 9 ounces.

Cox, cried quietly as Harwood gave the details, the paper reported. She left in tears.

Cox’s infant buried in Corbin

A private graveside service was held March 11 for the newborn child allegedly killed by its mother, Ashley Cox.

The baby girl, named Angel Grace Cox according to an obituary, was buried at Corinth Cemetery in Corbin.

A private visitation was held at London Funeral Home. Services were officiated by Delmer Gross.

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