The Sparks woman who threw her newborn baby in a dumpster, minutes after giving birth, has been sentenced to the maximum of 20 years in prison. Taylour Dickinson (dob 7/30/96) previously pled No Contest to Attempted Murder and will be eligible for parole after eight years.
Deputies with the Washoe County Sheriff’s Office responded to a 9-1-1 call of a baby boy that was found crying in an apartment complex dumpster in the afternoon of July 5, 2025. When they got to the scene, they found a young man working to free a naked baby wrapped in a towel and then trash bag from the debris. The baby was about six pounds, covered in birthing fluid, and had the umbilical cord still attached. He was immediately wrapped in a survival blanket, due to being cold to the touch, and transported to Renown by Truckee Meadows Fire personnel.
While speaking with people on scene, deputies learned that a man had been walking his dog near the dumpster when he heard a baby crying. He ran back to his apartment and got his son, who jumped into the dumpster, and his daughter, who called police. Surveillance footage from the area showed Dickinson leave her apartment at around 3:30 that morning with a trash bag that matched what the baby was wrapped in, her tossing it into the dumpster, and then heading back to her home. While interviewing Dickinson’s husband, he disclosed that two years prior, a dead baby was found near a dumpster at their last apartment building. Deputies then contacted Sparks Police, who confirmed Dickinson was a suspect in an almost identical case, where she had thrown her then-newborn baby into the trash.
While speaking with the defendant about this case, she initially denied being pregnant at all, until she was shown the video of herself. At that point, she claimed she had just dispelled blood and clotting, and denied cutting the umbilical cord, repeatedly referring to the baby as a “clot” or “ blob.” In a later interview, Dickinson admitted she was aware she had given birth and believed it was a stillbirth, and then again recanted and claimed she had no memory of the entire incident.
At sentencing, Deputy District Attorney Robert Erquiaga argued for the maximum sentence, highlighting the defendant’s repeated denial of accountability, her continuous mentioning of the baby as a “clot,” and her prior case with Sparks Police. The Honorable Egan Walker presided and imposed the sentence.
