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Murder case of California meth user who delivered stillbirth dismissed

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Mugshot of Chelsea Cheyenne Becker who was charged with the murder of her stillborn child. SAN FRANCISCO - A California judge has dismissed a murder case against a woman who delivered a stillbirth after consuming methamphetamine, saying prosecutors failed to provide evidence that she took drugs knowing that it could kill her baby.Kings County Superior Court Judge Robert Shane Burns delivered his decision in court Thursday, said Dana Sussman, deputy executive director for the National Advocates for Pregnant Women, which is providing legal counsel for the woman, Chelsea Becker.The dismissal, however, falls short of what Becker's advocates had wanted from the court: A clear ruling that that California's homicide law does not apply to pregnant.

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