Rhodes Pleads Guilty

A former Mercyhurst College volleyball player has pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter for suffocating her newborn baby in a campus apartment. Nineteen-year-old Teri Rhodes of Michigan faces a maximum of 10 to 20 years in prison when she is sentenced later this year. Rhodes was a sophomore when she gave birth Aug. 12, 2007. Police say she hid and denied her pregnancy during a team physical two days before giving birth. They say she put the infant in a plastic bag and left her on the floor of a bathtub while she showered. Then Rhodes left her apartment. Authorities say Rhodes had done research on the Internet on topics including "what can kill a fetus" and "herbal abortion techniques."