Mia McQuillin, 18, is accused of throwing her newborn child - which still had its umbilical cord attached - out of the window of an Ibis Styles Hotel in the French capital on Monday

Paris prosecutors are investigating the death of a newborn baby that was thrown out of a hotel window in the city.

An 18-year-old American student is suspected of throwing her newborn baby out of a third-floor hotel window, Paris prosecution sources told CBS News.