On Tuesday, December 11, 2018, around 7:35am, Kentucky State Police Post 11 London received a call about a newborn baby that had been located deceased inside a trash bag on the front porch of a residence on Ham Hallow Road in Clay County. On Wednesday, December 12, 2018, around 3:30pm, KSP Detectives developed information through an investigation and executed a search warrant at an apartment on Ham Hollow Road. The mother of the child, identified as 21-year-old Amber Bowling, of Manchester, was arrested and charged with murder. She was lodged in the Clay County Detention Center.