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Mother Of Dead Baby Refuses Extradition

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) ― An Alaska woman has refused extradition to Colorado to face charges in the death of her newborn boy.

Morgan Hite, 32, appeared Wednesday in a courtroom in Palmer, Alaska. Her next court appearance was set for June 6.

Mesa County District Attorney Pete Hautzinger told The Daily Sentinel his office must now prove Hite's identity by filing a governor's warrant, a process he says could take two to three months.

Hite is being held on a no-bond warrant. Bond won't be set until she appears before a Mesa County judge.

Police say in her arrest affidavit that Hite gave birth to the baby in a neighbor's bathtub in February, carried him in a plastic garbage bag to her parents' home, put the boy in a tote bag and left it in a closet.

The child's remains were found April 29.

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