Investigators discovered a fourth dead infant in an Armstrong County home after a Ford City woman was charged Monday, Sept. 15, with criminal homicide, according to an Armstrong County official.

Jessica Mauthe, 39, is being held in Armstrong County Jail without bail after the deceased infants were found inside her former home on Oak Lane in Cadogan Township after she had been evicted in August. She is additionally charged with misdemeanor abuse of a corpse.

According to state police in Kittanning, the property’s owner was cleaning the residence when he discovered a trash bag with a foul odor. After discovering something decomposing inside, the owner contacted police.

South Buffalo police and the Armstrong County Coroner’s Office responded and confirmed a dead infant was inside the bag.

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