Brigit Hippen going to trial for murder charge after leaving 3-month-old near a hair dryer

Brigit Hippen told authorities that she put her unclothed baby in a bassinet and left a blow-dryer next to the 3-month-old girl to warm her up in the bathroom at her apartment on February 22, 2010. She put a blanket over the bassinet and went back to her bedroom, where she fell asleep, the Hutchinson News reported. The infant, Karina Perez, died from the heat of the hair dryer.

Hippen, 19, is now charged with second-degree murder — while authorities acknowledge that Perez’s death was unintentional, they believe “Hippen acted recklessly with extreme indifference to the value of human life.” On Tuesday, Hippen was bound over for trial.