The homeless daughter of Major League Baseball legend Dennis Eckersley was arrested after giving birth to her baby in freezing New Hampshire woods.
According to reports, police rushed to the scene after 26-year-old Alexandra Eckersley gave birth to her baby in a tent just before 1 am.
She reportedly led the officers to an area of the freezing woods where they tried to find the baby but failed.
An hour later, the baby was found without any clothes or blankets and ‘struggling to breathe’ on the floor of the tent near the Piscataquag River at Electric Street.
The baby was treated by EMT’s before being rushed to a local hospital.
Alexandra was arrested for endangering the welfare of a child. She was also charged with a felony for reckless conduct.
According to the Manchester Police Department, Alexandra was arraigned in Hillsboro Superior Court-North.
Patch Media of Concord, N.H. and WCVB report that Alexandra is the adopted daughter of MLB Hall of Famer Dennis Eckersley.
In 2019, it was reported that she struggles with substance abuse, anxiety, depression, and bipolar disorder.
She said at that time: “I want to begin a homeless mental health awareness event. Have it be like the telethon, or a carnival where you pay to get in, or a movie night and the money goes to a housing shelter.”
Alexandra is the daughter of Dennis and Nancy O’Neal, his second wife.
His third wife, Jennifer, told Concord Monitor in 2019 how Alexandra came to be in the ‘painful situation.’
“As you can imagine this is an incredibly private and painful situation,” she wrote. “Dennis and Nancy decline speaking to you about it, as it’s simply too painful. Instead, the family offers this statement.
“As a family, we have been devoted to her health and wellbeing. We have given her unconditional love, nurturing and support.
“We have left no stone unturned in seeking the help, resources, programs and professionals she has needed throughout her life,” Jennifer continued.
“Once she became of legal age our ability to intervene on her behalf became far more limited.”
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