Florida college student accused of watching newborn drown in toilet had pictures of Casey Anthony on her phone

A Florida college student accused of killing her newborn baby last month kept pictures of Casey Anthony on her phone, according to reports and authorities.

Anne Mae Demegillo, 20, was indicted by a grand jury on Monday on charges of first-degree premeditated murder, aggravated child abuse, and failure to report death of a person with intent to conceal evidence in connection with the death of her newborn on March 5, according to the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office.

Demegillo was initially arrested on manslaughter charges the following day after police conducted a welfare check and discovered a shallow grave where she had buried her newborn daughter in the backyard of her Palm Beach home, police said.

She had allegedly texted a friend confessing that she had given birth to a baby in the toilet of her residence, watched her die, and buried her. That friend later alerted police, according to an arrest affidavit obtained by The Post.

The college student admitted to police that she had delivered the baby into the toilet and watched as her daughter cried and squirmed until she was dead, Flagler County Sheriff’s Deputy Joe Barile said during a press conference after her initial arrest.

After she believed the newborn was no longer alive, she removed the baby’s body using a towel and placed her in a duffel bag in a closet in her home. She then headed out to class and performed at a theater, according to the affidavit.

Demegillo returned home that evening and buried the 3 pounds and 6ounces and 18.7 inches long newborn beneath three to five inches of dirt, police added.

She led deputies to the gravesite during the welfare check, where police noticed a “small human leg” in the soil.

In the month-long investigation since her initial arrest, detectives uncovered that Demigillo had images on her phone of newborn babies and Casey Anthony, who was acquitted of murder charges in the 2008 Florida killing of her 2-year-old daughter, Caylee.

The images “suggest searches on the death of a child and subsequent investigation,” the sheriff’s department wrote in a statement.

She also searched for “newborn premature babies,” “Palm Coast OBGYN,” and “foods to decrease
fertility,” on her phone, cops added.

Demegillo told police that her mother, who was at the house on the day of her arrest, was not aware of her pregnancy, the birth, the death of the child, or the burial, court documents said.

“This is one of those tragic cases that shock you to your core that a mother would allow a newborn to
die because the newborn was a distraction to her life,” Sheriff Rick Staly said in a statement.

“It’s hard to comprehend how a mother would choose to watch their infant drown instead of lifting the baby out of the toilet. I commend our investigators who followed every lead and our Digital Forensics team that uncovered the digital evidence to prove this tragic case was a premeditated murder,” Staly added.

Demegillo will appear in court for her arraignment on April 21.