Three years after her baby’s death, Nga Truong is rebuilding her life

Nga Truong (front) meets with social services advocate Lisa Gigliotti. Truong says she’s struggling to rebuild her life after nearly three years awaiting trial for murder. Photo courtesy of Jesse Costa, WBUR

Nga Truong’s family frantically called 911 that day in December 2008 when she found her 13-month-old son not breathing. Doctors couldn’t revive him. Detectives coerced a confession, getting her to say she killed her baby. She was just 16. Nearly three years later, a Massachusetts judge threw out the case, contending detectives didn’t adequately read Truong her rights and that they deceived her into confessing. She’s now 20, has a job, is in school and, remarkably, holds no bitterness toward police. Listen to her story click here, as told by David Boeri of WBUR radio, and watch a video of her today. click here