Wheaton mom gets first visit with baby she's accused of abandoning

In a tearful meeting, the Wheaton woman who is accused of abandoning her newborn son after his birth cradled her child Tuesday for the first time.

Authorities allowed Nunu Sung to have a brief supervised visit behind closed doors on the day of a civil hearing regarding the baby's custody.

The shelter care hearing before DuPage Associate Judge C. Stanley Austin was continued to Sept. 15. Meanwhile, the child named Joshua remains in state protective custody in foster care.

Sung, a 24-year-old Myanmar native, faces up to three years in prison if she is convicted of obstructing justice and misdemeanor endangering the life of a child. She does not have a prior documented criminal history.

She was set free July 16 after supporters helped her family raise the required 10 percent of a $50,000 bond. Sung, though, is required to wear an electronic ankle bracelet.

Prosecutors said Sung abandoned the infant early June 12 after she gave birth behind a garage outside her cousin's apartment on Crescent Street in Wheaton. A neighbor called 911 after he and his dog discovered the nude baby, his umbilical cord still attached, covered in dirt under a bush.

Authorities said Sung became pregnant while living in Texas. They said the father has not responded to their attempts for contact. He and Sung were not married. She does not have other kids.

Prosecutors said Sung did not receive prenatal care during her pregnancy, which she hid from relatives after moving to Wheaton from Texas in February. Sung later said she felt no emotional connection to the infant and wished they both had died during his delivery, according to court records.

Prosecutors said she told police she "wasn't thinking straight," adding, "She stated that she thought about going back to check on the child, but she didn't."

But, in several court appearances, a tearful Sung publicly asked about the baby's health and her attorney said she desperately wanted to see him.


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