An Emporia State U. student whose baby was found alive in a dumpster on Friday made her first appearance in court today. Christina Devine, 24, is charged with attempted first degree murder and appeared in Lyon County District Court before Judge Douglas Jones.

Devine is being held in the Lyon County Jail in lieu of $250,000 bond.

According to a court affidavit, the baby boy was found in a trash bag around 8:20 a.m. Friday morning inside a green dumpster at Chapel Ridge Apartments. Chapel Ridge Apartment maintenance worker Alex M. Deleon discovered the baby with his umbilical cord still attached, inside of a trash bag.

The baby was transported to Newman Regional Health and was determined to be 7 lbs. 10 oz., full term and 30 minutes to one hour old.

Devine worked at Wal-Mart, where employees had tipped off the Emporia Police Department that she had come to work that day and no longer looked pregnant. Police questioned Devine, read her the Miranda rights and transported her to Newman Regional Health for medical attention. She said she had only become aware of the pregnancy earlier in the month and that she was raped and did not know who the father was, according to the affidavit.

Devine told investigators she had attended the Homecoming musical on Thursday night and watched Project Runway, which she had previously recorded, before falling asleep.

Devine woke up the next morning and took a bath, during which she said she “blacked out,” and woke up, apparently having given birth. According to the affidavit, she then took the baby to the dumpster, drove back home and later went to Braum’s for a chocolate shake before work.

ESU’s registrar’s office confirmed that Devine is currently a student. Devine’s next hearing will be at 9 a.m. Dec. 9.