Two months ago, a newborn was found dead in a trash bin in an alley behind a church in Charles Village. Some group -- I've never learned who -- decorated the bin with posters and written comments, sort of a memorial to the dead little boy.

We learn today that police have charged the mother, Melanie Beth Blevins, 22, with first-degree murder. It's sad case all around. The mother was living in the basement of St. John's United Methodist Church as part of religious group when she apparently gave birth in the bathroom.

According to police charging documents, she told detectives that she thought the child had been stillborn, so she put the body in a white plastic bag and put that in the trash bin. The Medical Examiner ruled that the child had been alive when born and asphyxiated. Police charged first-degree murder. It will be interesting to see how this case turns out in court; if the mother really didn't understand the baby was alive and why she didn't call authorities to check. The baby now has a name: police are calling him Baby Boy Blevins.

Here are the police charging documents: