A 20-year-old Pennsylvania woman is facing multiple charges after a newborn she abandoned died from severe injuries caused by insects and environmental exposure. Jordyn Kauffman, 20, gave birth to a girl in her house on May 14. The birth took place around 9:30 a.m., after which Kauffman held the child for 30 minutes before dumping her outside.

According to Law & Crime, Kauffman knew what she was doing was wrong and went ahead with it in fear of being abandoned by her father. Investigators have revealed that the child was alive at the time she was left outside. The incident came to light after Kauffman’s visit to a hospital.

Reports suggest that the 20-year-old’s father found her bleeding and took her to a hospital. Kauffman insisted to the hospital staff that she wasn’t pregnant. However, she had already visited the same hospital in late 2025, in relation to her pregnancy. At the time, she had told the hospital staff that she did not want to get pregnant but could not get an abortion either since she had “procrastinated so long it was too late.”

In the months leading up to the birth, Kauffman missed a slew of appointments. This led the hospital staff to notify the Pennsylvania State Police. The police were notified after an individual found a “deceased newborn found face down along an embankment.” The infant was confirmed to be a “full-term baby girl,” with the cause of her death ruled as “prolonged environmental exposure and insect activity at the scene.”

“The newborn was observed to be unclothed with a cut umbilical cord still present,” the Mifflin County Coroner’s Office revealed. “Multiple fly egg masses were identified on the body, including the scalp, ears, nose, arms, legs, and skin folds. Flies and black ants were actively crawling in, on, and around the child at the time she was discovered.”

After arriving at the scene, the authorities found a placenta 50 feet away in a white trash bag. A part of the umbilical cord was still attached to it. Court records have revealed that Kauffman now faces multiple charges, including “first-degree murder, aggravated assault, endangering the welfare of children, concealing the death of a child, and abuse of a corpse.”

As of writing, the identity of the father is yet to be discovered, with Mifflin County Coroner Andrea Alcalde pushing to reveal more details. “Anybody that has any information on who this child’s potential father could be, if they could step forward,” Alcalde said. “It’s about dignity. Respect. This child was still a child. It was a person, a human being.” One person has already gotten themselves DNA tested but results are yet to arrive.