A Kingston woman faces an abuse of a corpse charge in the death of her newborn, according to the Kingston Police Department.
Amanda Cooper, 34, was being held Monday in the Roane County Detention Center, records show.
An investigation is underway into the child's death.
Police said they were called about 11:20 a.m. Saturday to a home on Rosedale Avenue. They were told a woman had given birth to a baby that was dead.
Cooper told them she'd given birth to the child earlier and that it was still inside. Officers found the newborn's body in a sheet on a bed behind the couch where Cooper was sitting.
Dr. Thomas Boduch, the medical examiner, was looking into the child's cause of death. The newborn's gender was not made public.
"A search warrant was obtained for the residence," a notice from Kingston police states. "The residence was processed."
Cooper was taken for medical treatment and then booked Saturday night into the detention center, records show.
The 9th Judicial District Attorney General's Office and the TBI are taking part in the investigation.
Abuse of a corpse is a felony. The law addresses, in part, anyone who physically mistreats a corpse in an "offensive manner."