text: Purvi Patel, pictured, was jailed for 20 years for feticide and neglect of a dependent following a hearing at South Bend, Indiana . A 33-year-old woman who took abortion drugs she bought on the internet to cause a miscarriage and disposed of her fetus in a dumpster has been jailed for 20 years. Purvi Patel, 33, of Granger, Indiana has been jailed after she was convicted on charges of feticide and neglect of a dependent. St Joseph Superior Court heard that Ms Patel attended St Joseph's Hospital in Mishawaka, Indiana on July 13, 2013 soon after giving birth. After arriving at the hospital, she denied that she had even been pregnant, even though medical staff found an umbilical cord attached to her. According to court documents: 'Concerned for the child's welfare, doctors continued to question Purvi Patel of the whereabouts of the child. Eventually, she told the medical staff that she had delivered a baby in her home in Granger, Indiana. 'She further told the medical staff that she did not see the child breathing or moving and believed it to be dead. 'Purvi Patel told the medical staff that she put the dead body in a bag and placed it in a dumpster behind the Super Target. She further told medical personnel that she was roughly two months along and had a miscarriage.' The court heard that Dr Kelly McGuire drove to the Super Target store and began searching the dumpsters, having informed St. Joseph County Police. Officers recovered the body in a dumpster behind Moe's Southwest Grill. According to Forensic Pathologist Dr Joseph Prahlow, the body was 12.2 inches long and weighed 1.46 pounds. His report claimed 'the child had been born alive and had taken a breath'. Court records showed that police examined Ms Patel's mobile phone and was able to extract some evidence. According to Detective Galen Pelletier of County Metro Homicide Unit: 'In her text messages, officers found that on June 19, 2013, Purvi Patel admitted to this friend that she was over 60 days pregnant. She also admitted that she had obtained two drugs from Hong Kong, in an attempt to abort the child. 'Purvi Patel told his friend that she began taking the drugs on July 10, 2013.' St Joseph Superior Court heard that Ms Patel, pictured, purchased abortion drugs from Hong Kong online . Ms Patel, pictured, told medics that she gave birth to a stillborn and disposed of the body in a dumpster . Ms Patel's lawyer Jeff Sanford said his client was planning to appeal the case within 30 days . Medics claimed the first drug would induce labor while the second was designed to end the life of the fetus, however, only if it was less than nine weeks old. Justice Elizabeth Hurley gave Ms Patel a 30-year jail term for neglect, suspending the final ten. She also handed down a six-year term on the feticide charge which will run concurrently. Handing down the sentence, Judge Hurley said: 'You Ms. Patel, are an educated woman of considerable means. If you wished to terminate your pregnancy safely and legally, you could have done so. You planned a course of action and took matters into your own hands.' According to the South Bend Tribune, prosecutors had urged Judge Hurley to hand down a 40-year jail term. Judge Hurley said she considered Ms Patel's lack of prior criminal history and remorse, but condemned her for treating the baby 'literally as a piece of trash'. Chief Deputy Prosecutor Mark Roule said Ms Patel could have sought help for the infant. 'His only chance at survival was his mother. In this case, the mother did nothing, left him on the floor to die and threw him in the trash.' Her lawyer Jeff Sanford said Ms Patel was planning to appeal the case.
target: Purvi Patel, 33, purchased two abortion pills online from Hong Kong .
  She gave birth at her home in Granger, Indiana in July 2013 .
  Forensic pathologists claimed the child was still alive when it was born .
  Prosecutors urged judge Elizabeth Hurley to hand down a 40 year jail term .