Last year, former University of Tampa student Brianna Moore was arrested for her alleged involvement in the death of her newborn. Now, a series of shocking text messages shared by Moore in the months prior to her baby’s death have given a deeper insight into her disturbed mental state at the time.
What did Brianna Moore do?
The investigation into Moore has been going on ever since April 2024, when her roommates in her dorm in Tampa, Florida, reported hearing a baby crying from their shared bathroom. They also found blood in the bathroom, which prompted them to alert the authorities. Authorities found the deceased newborn wrapped in a bloody towel the following day.
Moore admitted at the time to giving birth to the baby in her dorm bathroom. She also claimed that she held the child closely to her chest until the crying stopped. When she realized that there was no heartbeat, she apparently decided to wrap her newborn in the towel and attempt to dispose of the body in the trash.
Unfortunately, situations like this aren’t as rare as we’d like to think. It was suggested that she was “Probably in denial” about her pregnancy. Moore wasn’t arrested until October last year, although she is set to stand trial this month.
The disturbing text messages
In recent days, new court documents have been made public which paint a rather disturbing image of the woman set to soon stand trial. According to The Tampa Bay Times, texts retrieved from Moore’s phone, which she willingly handed over to officers, showed a conversation between her and a man from Mississippi from September 2023.
In this text exchange, Moore allegedly wrote, “hey man sometimes you need a plan c,” to which the man responded, “plan a was condoms,” following that up with, “plan b was the pill. plan c was to kill (the) kid.” To this last part, Moore replied, “plan c is my favorite.”
This exchange of texts paints Moore’s experience in an entirely new light. She is no longer a negligent mother who panicked when she unexpectedly gave birth, but rather a possible murderer who intentionally caused the death of her child.
Meanwhile, the young woman’s attorney, Jonah Dickstein, claimed that the texts were taken out of context; he claimed those texts were not discussing the pregnancy and that the man Moore was messaging was not the father of the child.
“In those text messages with her friend from eight months earlier, she was just discussing the general legal status of birth control and abortion in Florida and other states.”
If Brianna Moore is found guilty of the most serious charges, she could face up to 30 years in prison. Her trial is set to begin on July 22.
