OUTSIDE OF THE FBI HEADQUARTERS
HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, TIM GERBER,
KSAT 12 NEWS.
MYRA: A WOMAN ARRESTED FOR
DRUGS ADMITS SOMETHING SHOCKING.
SHE TOLD THEM SHE WAS CARRYING A
FETUS IN HER PURSE.
WE HEARD FROM HER.
WHY SHE DID IT AND WHAT SHE
HOPES WILL HAPPEN NEXT.
REPORTER: BEHIND THE GLASS OF
THE BEXAR COUNTY JAIL'S
VISITATION CENTER SITS A WOMAN
GRIEVING, WANTING TO TELL HER
STORY OF LOSS.
AND AT A FRIEND'S HOUSE.
REPORTER: SHE SAID IT
HAPPENED ON APRIL 3.
SHE CARRIED THE FEE US IN A
PLASTIC CONTAINER IN HER PURSE
FOR 25 DAYS.
WHY ARE YOU CARRYING IT FOR
THAT LONG?
YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO?
AS A PARENT, YOU WANT WHAT'S
BEST FOR YOUR CHILD.
I WAS TRYING TO PROTECT HER.
MAYBE I DIDN'T WANT TO LET GO.
MAYBE A PART OF ME STILL DOESN'T
WANT TO LET GO.
REPORTER: LAST THURSDAY, SHE
WAS ARRESTED, NOT FOR CARRYING
THE FETUS, BUT FOR CARRYING
DRUGS.
SHE CAME HERE TO CASIANO PARK ON
THE WEST SIDE TO LOOK FOR A
DEBIT CARD SHE THOUGHT SHE'D
LOST.
THAT'S WHEN POLICE CAME OVER AND
TOLD HER SHE WAS VIOLATING THE
PARK'S CURFEW.
ONE GRAM OF METH AND ONE GRAM OF
HEROIN ON HER.
I WAS CARRYING SOMEONE ELSE'S
STUFF.
I CLEANED UP THE APARTMENT.
REPORTER: AFTER THEY FOUND
THE DRUGS, SHE ADMITTED SHE HAD
A FETUS IN HER PURSE.
RIVERA TOLD POLICE SHE WENT TO
THE HOSPITAL.
THE HOSPITAL SHE NAMED TELLS US
THERE WAS NO RECORD OF HER BEING
THERE.
RIVERA WAS NOT UNDER THE
INFLUENCE WHEN SHE WAS TAKEN TO
JAIL.
THEY SAID HAVING THE FETUS WITH
HER IS NOT A CRIME BUT SHE
COULDN'T KEEP IT ANY LONGERN.
IF YOU LOVE YOUR CHILD, YOU
WOULDN'T WANT THEM TO HAVE A
RESTING PLACE SOMEWHERE WHERE
YOU CAN TAKE THE FLOWERS.
REPORTER: THE COUNTY TOOK IT
TO A FUNERAL HOME WHERE RIVERA'S
FAMILY WILL PLAN A BURIAL.
I TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR
THOSE THINGS.
I DIDN'T HURT MY BABY.
