Top student, 19, secretly gives birth in her dorm room before throwing her baby out of the fifth-storey window

A "bright" university student in China reportedly threw her newborn baby out of the window of her dorm room after giving birth in secret during a break.

The 19-year-old mother is reportedly studying at the Xi'an Engineering College in north-west China, and she is trained to be a kindergarten teacher. She was studying early childhood education. School authorities described her as a "bright" student who never missed a class. No one knew she was pregnant because it was winter and she was always covered up. Her parents didn't know she was pregnant either. The student was reportedly seen at a morning self-study session after she gave birth.

The baby, whose gender has not been identified, was found dead in an alley next to a student accommodation hall of her school. Students living in the hall claimed to have seen the baby being thrown from an upper floor window. According to Kan Kan News, the incident was found out by a student as large amount of blood was seen at the alley next to Xi'an Engineering College's female dormitory. Pictures of the alleged dead baby emerged on November 21. One image shows it being wrapped in a blanket. 

"The baby was wrapped by a blanket and thrown from the fourth floor during recess time. There were also a lot of bloodied tissues," said a girl living in the dorm.

School security guard confirmed the baby had no vital signs and reported the case to the police. The 19-year-old girl when then sent to a hospital for check-up. 

A school teacher described the girl as a bright, clever student.

The teacher added: "She never skipped a class or took sick leave. We did not notice that she was pregnant as in winter days, she was always wrapped in thick clothes."

Xi'an policemen are investigating whether or not the baby was dead before being thrown out of the building. Professor Jiao Heping, department of law at Northwest University of Politics and Law, told Metropolitan Post that if the baby was alive before being thrown, the girl could be charged for intentional killing.