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A New Jersey mother is accused of setting her newborn baby on fire, killing her. Hyphernkemberly Dorvilier, 22, of Pemberton Township, New Jersey, is charged with one count of murder after she allegedly doused her newborn daughter with an accelerant and then set the child on fire. Pemberton Township Police officers were called to Simontown Road just before 11 p.m. Friday after a resident called in to report a fire in the roadway. When they arrived, they found the baby girl on fire and quickly doused the flames.

A New Jersey woman who authorities say put her newborn baby in the middle of a road and set the child on fire was charged Saturday with murder. Burlington County prosecutors said Hyphernkemberly Dorvilier, 22, of Pemberton Township was jailed on $500,000 bail. It wasn't known if she has retained a lawyer. Police responded to a Friday night call about a fire in the middle of a residential road in the township, about 30 miles east of Philadelphia. Officers found the baby in flames and put out the fire. The child reportedly was alive and breathing at the time she...

PEMBERTON, N.J. (CBS) – A young South Jersey mother is in jail, charged with the burning death of her newborn baby Friday night. Authorities say 22-year-old Hyphernkemberly Dorvilier of Pemberton Township, Burlington County doused her newborn baby with a flammable liquid then set the child on fire. It happened around 11 p.m. along Simontown Road. Police arrived and quickly extinguished the flames. “You see a site like that, it just puts life into perspective,” says Dave Joseph, who lives nearby. Joseph saw the small fire from his window and went to investigate. “We actually didn’t think it was a baby,...

- Hyphernkemberly Dorvilier appeared in New Jersey court today- The 22-year-old is charged with the murder of her newborn child on Friday - Baby girl was found in the road with 60 percent burns and with the umbilical cord and placenta still attached - Dorvilier allegedly told a witness she was disposing of dog waste when she set the paper bag alight Brutal crime: Hyphernkemberly Dorvilier has been charged with killing her newborn baby by setting her ablaze on Friday night on Simontown Road in New Jersey The woman accused of dousing her newborn daughter with WD40, setting her...