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A Houston woman, Diana Guadalupe Zavala Lopez, has been sentenced to four years in prison after abandoning her deceased newborn in a gas station restroom.
Zavala Lopez, 27, pleaded guilty to tampering with evidence involving a human corpse following the tragic events that occurred on April 2, 2023, at a gas station located on South Post Oak, Texas.
Surveillance footage showed Zavala Lopez entering the gas station restroom, where she unexpectedly gave birth. Hours later, a customer discovered the infant's lifeless body. Zavala Lopez told investigators that she had been unaware of her pregnancy. She explained that she stopped at the gas station to use the restroom after feeling pain while leaving a party.
Zavala Lopez described the moment she felt the baby being delivered and found the infant face down in the toilet. Investigators believe she tried to flush the newborn before abandoning the scene. Court records show that Zavala Lopez cleaned herself of blood and used a mop to tidy up the restroom. However, she made no effort to check the infant for signs of life, perform CPR, or remove the baby from the toilet. She then left the gas station and drove home.
Zavala Lopez, then 25, was arrested in August 2023, months after the incident. On December 20, 2024, Harris County District Judge Kristin M. Guiney sentenced her to four years in prison. The case has drawn widespread attention, with many expressing heartbreak over the circumstances and the lack of intervention to save the infant's life.
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