The American tourist who is accused of killing her newborn baby by throwing it out of a hotel window from Paris can be revealed as a teenager with a soft face from Oregon.
GAP year student Mia Mcquillin, 18, was part of 'a group of young people traveling in Europe', according to the French authorities.
Researchers believe that they suffered from 'pregnancy denial' when she wrapped the child in a sheet and reportedly thrown from the second floor of an ibis styles hotel, just after birth.
The child was taken to the hospital on Monday morning after the horrific incident, but did not survive the 30FT fall.
Mia grew up in Bend, Central Oregon, a picturesque city on the banks of the Deschutes -River that is known are skiing and outdoor recreation.
She looks like a typical, bustling teenager, bakers and having fun with her brothers and sisters in family bangs on social media.
“I have nothing to comment because I know nothing,” Mia's grandfather Ralph McQuillin, 78, told DailyMail.com.
“And that's just about where the family is. That is all I can say. '
GAP year Student Mia Mcquillin, 18, was part of 'a group of young people traveling in Europe', according to the French authorities
The American student who was accused of throwing her newborn baby out of a hotel window at their death in Paris was on a school trip through Europe
The family members of Mia refused to comment further.
The teenage mother would have thrown her baby from the second floor of an ibis styles hotel 'with the umbilical cord', the authorities said.
Researchers in Paris believe that the young woman suffered from 'pregnancy denial' when she gave birth 'unexpectedly' in the budget hotel in the French capital.
The baby was packed in a magazine when it was discovered in the street of the 20th district of the city [district]Not far from the historic place De la Natie.
The newborn was taken to the hospital, but was declared dead on arrival because of the severity of her injuries.
The young mother was taken to the same hospital for treatment after the birth.
Detectives arrested her in the clinic and accused of 'child murder', according to the French authorities.
Emergency services brought the baby to the Robert Debre hospital after witnesses reported the incident on Monday at around 6 a.m.
An investigation is open for 'Murder of a minor under 15' after the incident in the Ibis Styles Hotel for Rue de la Croix Saint-Simon
The Ibis Styles Hotel, in the 20th district, where rooms go for around £ 80, shown today
Mia grew up in Bend, Central Oregon, a picturesque city on the banks of the deschutes river that is known
The street was closed for more than five hours after the incident, sources told DailyMail.com.
The office of the public prosecutor to Paris told Le Parisien that the child did not survive the fall and succumbed to injuries.
An investigation has been opened for 'Murder of a minor under 15', the Public Prosecutor of the City told the Outlet.
The office said that the mother “was part of a group of young adults traveling in Europe.”
They said she was also taken to the hospital for an operation. She was taken into custody on the spot, the office said.
Allegedly witnesses were 'warned by screaming' before they called the emergency services, according to the Paris competition.
The baby is said to have been taken in the hospital 'in absolute emergency and with a life -threatening prognosis' before he was declared dead.
“The investigation is underway and the precise circumstances of this tragedy still have to be determined,” a person told the Outlet near the case.
This afternoon there was no police disadvantage outside the hotel, MailOnline Saw
Allegedly the woman threw her baby from the 2nd floor of the hotel in Paris, Le Parisien reported
The Ibis styles is a three-star budget hotel for Rue de la Croix Saint-Simon. Rooms go on average for around $ 100.
Paris Local Tassos Xenakis told MailOnline that there was presence in the hotel early this afternoon whether Cordon was in the hotel.
Last year a woman from Germany was found guilty of manslaughter after she had dropped her newborn baby nearly 12 ft from her apartment window, because “she was worried that a baby would ruin her career.”
Katarina Jovanovic was found guilty of the Heilbronn court on 3 July.
Jovanovic admitted the crime at the start of the trial, but could not explain the moment to the court, ASB Zeitung reported.
She also claimed that she had not realized that she was pregnant. But the persecution accused her of murder and of deliberately hiding pregnancy of colleagues and neighbors.
The prosecutors said that Jovanovic thought that a mother would spoil her career as director of the legal department of Porsche.
Public public prosecutor Mareike Haferoerfer said: 'The accused was not willing to put her life plans, especially her professional progress, for a child.
“That was her decision when the baby was born, and as a result, the criteria for a belief of a murder were fulfilled.”
File photo. The American is said to have thrown the baby out of a hotel window in Paris
Lawyer Malte Hoech said: 'It is a drama that meets me personally. My client didn't even know she was pregnant.
'When she suddenly kept the bloody baby in her hands, she was in an exceptional psychological situation.
“It was an accident, she dropped the baby. How the child landed over the windowsill still has to be determined. '
The court accepted the lesser indictment of manslaughter, but imprisoned her for seven and a half years, which was more than the three years that the defense had demanded.
