A 17-year-old Georgia girl is charged with the murder of her newborn baby after she was caught “digging a hole to bury the child.”

A teenage mother has been charged with murder after her newborn baby was found dead in a Georgia home.

According to police, 17-year-old Leticia Rodriguez used a “sharp knife” to remove the umbilical cord from her son’s neck, injuring him. She then allegedly cut out his heart with a pocket knife.

According to police, relatives found her digging a hole in her backyard in Marietta, on the northwestern outskirts of Atlanta, and the toddler was found dead inside the home.

Rodriguez was charged Wednesday with murder, aggravated assault, concealment of a death, abuse of a corpse and abandonment of a corpse.

Marietta PD said officers responded to a call on Gramling Street around 3 p.m. Sunday and found the little boy “obviously injured” inside the home.

At a news conference Monday, MPD Public Information Officer Chuck McPhilamy said Rodriguez gave birth alone at home.

McPhilamy added that officers caught Rodriguez digging a hole in the backyard, but she did not bury the baby.

Rodriguez admitted to police that she used a “sharp knife” to remove the umbilical cord from her newborn’s neck, causing “a large laceration” to the boy, her arrest warrant states.

According to police, 17-year-old Leticia Rodriguez used a “sharp knife” to remove the umbilical cord from her son’s neck, injuring him. Then she cut out his heart with a pocket knife

Relatives found her digging a hole in her backyard in Marietta, on the northwestern outskirts of Atlanta, and the toddler was found dead in the home

Rodriguez was charged Wednesday with murder, aggravated assault, concealment of a death, abuse of a corpse and abandonment of a corpse

She also admitted to using a pocket knife to “cut out the heart of the deceased infant,” the document said.

The warrant adds that Rodriguez gave birth in her bed before hiding the baby’s death for about six hours.

A family member found her digging the hole in the backyard, according to the document.

“Investigators have been working all evening to determine what exactly caused this,” McPhilamy said.

“The family has been cooperative with us throughout the investigation and our condolences go out to them…We cannot imagine the trauma they are going through.”

After her arrest, Rodriguez was taken to Wellstar Kennestone for medical treatment.

She was then booked into the Cobb County Adult Detention Center on Wednesday evening without bail.