Brenda’s Got A Baby: The Tragic Forgotten Tale That Inspired Tupac’s Legendary Song

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Forcing Out The Truth

That wasn’t all, she had recently given birth, and the doctors found out immediately. There was no use hiding it anymore; the girl started to confess. She shared that she was responsible for throwing the infant down the trash chute, but investigators wanted more. However, she wouldn’t share other details, claiming she had no idea who the father was.

She denied personal relationships with anyone, so there weren’t any leads at that point. The investigators shared with the public that she gave birth at around seven in the morning and went on to do what she did before going to school.

A Swift Response

A police sergeant was the first on-scene to respond to a call from a couple of maintenance workers who tipped his department off about a baby’s cries coming from a compactor. It was 9:45 in the morning, and the officer didn’t expect to find himself spending his time diving through trash chutes.

Be that as it may, Brooklyn’s Philip Insardi decided to become a hero and made a dive for the infant, hoping to find it. At first, he was skeptical. He hadn’t heard any of the cries himself, so he wasn’t sure. Eventually, after some digging and shining a flashlight inside, the officer spotted little feet sticking out from the rest of the trash.

The Heroic Recovery

Insardi eventually dared to slide inside the chute, hoping to retrieve the baby before the machine would turn on. The newborn was lying there quietly and soon, upon retrieval, seemed to be relatively unharmed. It was a miracle, considering how steep the fall was from the opening.

The infant was lying there, abandoned on a pile of trash, ready to meet its grim fate, but the officer made sure that wouldn’t happen and luckily showed up right on time. It was cold, so the officer wrapped the child in his shirt. The little one was loaded onto an ambulance and sent to Brookdale Hospital for immediate treatment.

Finding The Guilty Party

The infant had no name, and authorities chose to keep it that way in their official statement. They treated them for hypothermia, and luckily the baby survived the ordeal. They examined the body for injuries but declared the six-pound, ten-ounce tot was officially unharmed. Somehow, the infant managed to land safely and was found lying under some newspapers.

The police decided it was time to approach the person who did this, and the investigators surveyed the locals. Eventually, they visited a six-story building on New Lots Avenue in East New York. On the fourth floor, they found someone claiming her 12-year-old daughter had recently given birth.

Suspicions Emerge

Gladys told the police that her daughter might be the one responsible for the newborn they found. Upon further probing, she shared information about her daughter’s whereabouts, and the police eventually came knocking at her classroom door. It was a typical day at Thelma J. Hamilton Junior High until a child was asked to exit the classroom for a line of extensive questioning.

She denied it at first, hoping not to face the repercussions of her actions but unfortunately for her, she was forced into going to Brookdale Hospital with them. After a medical examination, it was determined that she was related to the infant.

Forcing Out The Truth

Who’s Accountable?

It was hard for the authorities to determine whether she should face any charges for her actions. They tried questioning the 12-year-old’s mother, Gladys, about her whereabouts. She shared that she had been out all day and usually wasn’t home for most of the night. At first, the investigators felt it was unclear whether Gladys was the pre-teen’s mother.

Gladys had three kids; two sons and one daughter. They lived in a rather beat-down part of town, Stone Avenue. The streets weren’t immaculate, the area had tons of empty lots, and the sidewalks were decaying. It wasn’t the best place to raise children.

A Child’s Suffering

The officers decided not to press charges against Gladys or the girl who had decided to abandon her child. The nurses at Brookdale shared with The New York Times that they chose a name for the infant and started calling him Trevor. Eventually, he would go on to live with a foster family after he recovered.

Trevor’s struggles aren’t anything new; many children all around the world suffer from being born under horrid conditions. His mother was a child herself who couldn’t be held accountable for what happened to both of them. Child and teenage pregnancies often lead to ruined lives.

New Details Emerge

On March 29, 1991, more details emerged regarding the case. It turned out that the 12-year-old New York City girl was not living with her mother. Her mom and dad had died from a fire when she was four, and she had to live with her aunt, Gladys, who the neighbors stated was visibly emotionally unstable.

They further added that the children weren’t strangers to illegal substances or alcohol; they saw those things in the house. Investigators arrested the girl’s cousin, Clarence Perry, a 21-year-old man who decided to attempt to take his own life but ultimately failed to do so.

Finally, A Culprit

After being interrogated, Clarence confessed to abusing a minor and was charged for it under the full extent of the law. He also admitted to being Trevor’s father and made a scene on the neighbor’s roof, claiming his family had abandoned him. The story was so horrid that Tupac was inspired to write a song about it.

The 12-year-old girl was a slow learner; she was only in the sixth grade when it all happened. She was confused and groomed by Clarence, her cousin, and adoptive brother. Nobody at her school could tell anything had happened to her, so the news was devastating.

A Hidden Accomplice

The girl told her friends and teachers at school that she wasn’t feeling well. The neighbors who noticed her going to school saw her clutching her stomach at the time. She seemed to be in pain and had some trouble walking. She told investigators that her friend Heidi was also aware of the infant’s birth.

Heidi was a good friend; they used to walk to school together every morning. The two lived in the same complex but had their own separate families and apartments. She was present during the delivery but didn’t show up the day after investigators questioned her friend.