Texas teen is charged after choking TWO newborns in hospital where his girlfriend was giving birth: Suspect snatched one infant from its mother and broke into the nursery to attack again before being stopped by nurses
- Marcus Dewayne McCowan, 18, was arrested in Texas on Monday evening at Odessa Regional Medical Center
- First, he snatched a newborn from a carrier while its mother was waiting to leave the hospital
- He ran away with that baby to the lactation room where he choked it until a nurse arrived and intervened
- Next, he entered the nursery where he scooped up a newborn baby girl
- McCowan shook and strangled her while screaming 'die!'
- Both newborns survived and he was taken away in handcuffs
- His girlfriend was giving birth at the time but he'd been asked to stay away
Marcus Dewayne McCowan, 18, was taken into custody on Monday at Odessa Regional Medical Center
A teenage father has been arrested in Texas after choking two newborn babies until they turned blue in a horrifying hospital attack while his own girlfriend gave birth nearby.
Marcus Dewayne McCowan, 18, was taken into custody on Monday at Odessa Regional Medical Center.
He was at the hospital to watch his own girlfriend give birth but had been thrown out the area where she was being cared for after behaving strangely towards nurses.
He started running up and down the halls then blew past a handful of nurses to try to break into the nursery.
The door was locked, so he about-turned and headed for a newborn in a carrier that was near its mother, waiting to be discharged.
McGowan snatched the infant from the baby carrier and ran with it towards a lactation room, where he was then seen choking it until it turned blue in the face.
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He then abandoned that baby and ran for the nursery, this time gaining access.
McGowan snatched a second infant from its crib and began choking and shaking the child until she turned blue, screaming 'die!' as he throttled her.
A hospital therapist was able to subdue him and stayed with him and the newborn until police arrived to arrest him.
He is now being held in custody on attempted capital murder charges.
He was at the hospital to watch his own girlfriend give birth but had been thrown out the area where she was being cared for after behaving strangely towards nurses
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