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Verna Tolentino, 40, of Morton Grove, is being charged with attempted first-degree murder and child abandonment. (Glenview Police Department)
GLENVIEW, IL A mother is accused of attempted first-degree murder and child abandonment after police said she left her baby tied inside a garbage bag in a bathroom garbage can for more than two hours last month in Glenview. Verna Tolentino, 40, of the 5800 block of Washington Street, Morton Grove, was arrested Thursday following an investigation into the Jan. 11 incident at the Glenview Terrace Nursing Home.
The baby is still hospitalized and in stable condition, according to a release from the Glenview Police Department.