'Baby India' Was Left to Die in Woods with Umbilical Cord Attached. She Lived, and Mom's 'Hidden' Past Was Revealed

Mar. 15, 2025

Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office

A mother of a newborn found wrapped in a plastic bag in the Georgia woods in 2019 has been sentenced to 15 years in prison.

Karima Jiwani, 41, will also serve 15 years of probation following her release after pleading guilty on Thursday, Feb. 13, to criminal attempt to commit murder and first-degree cruelty to children.

The child was in good condition and weighed 6 lbs, 5 oz,FOX 5reported.

It would take almost four more years before investigators identified Jiwani as the child’s mother.

Investigators learned through interviews with Jiwani’s family and friends that she allegedly had a “history of hidden and concealed pregnancies and surprise births,” and that she had allegedly “known about the pregnancy for a considerable period of time” and “went to extremes to conceal this pregnancy,” Forsyth County Sheriff Ron Freeman said at a press conference in May 2023 after Jiwani’s arrest.

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“Shortly before the arrest, investigators had the defendant under surveillance, and at a local Walmart parking lot, she discarded some trash that contained plastic bottles,” says Penn. “Those were submitted for DNA analysis and came back with matches of two full siblings to India.”

Jiwani was charged with criminal attempt to commit murder, aggravated assault, reckless abandonment and first-degree cruelty to children.

Jiwani’s defense attorneys said during a previous court hearing that the mother had suffered from postpartum depression and postpartum psychosis,11 Alivereported.

source: people.com