Hermiston, OREGON

Life Lesson #4,810 for middle school students.

March 4, 2008 - Hannah Webb, 25, a sixth grade at Sandstone Middle School, is charged with dumping her newborn baby into a California landfill.

An inconclusive autopsy could not determine whether the 10-pound baby died before or after birth. The only possible charge was a single misdemeanor violation for improper disposal of fetal remains.

The baby's body was found July 23 by a worker sorting trash on a conveyor belt at the Nortech Material Recovery Facility in Roseville, California. Webb was visiting friends in the area. The baby girl was wrapped in a plastic bag, her umbilical cord still attached. A piece of mail in the plastic bag led police to a home in Roseville, where the woman was staying with friends. She was put on leave after she was arrested. She has since resigned.

A settlement conference is scheduled for March 27.