Mom Arrested After She Gave Birth to Her Daughter’s 14-Year-Old Boyfriend’s Baby?

Drop Dead Serious With Ashleigh Banfield

True Crime

4.6 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 7 November 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Robyn Polston was a 43-year-old mom and hairdresser from Washington, Illinois. Police say that same mom is now behind bars after allegedly giving birth to her daughter’s 14-year-old boyfriend’s baby. According to investigators, Robyn Polston carried on a secret relationship with the teenager for more than two years. They say she even posed for a maternity photoshoot with him, told friends a series of conflicting stories about who the baby’s father was, and tried to keep the truth buried until a DNA test revealed everything.

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1:06.4	Hey, everyone. I'm Ashley Banfield and this is Drop Dead serious.
1:14.6	And holy hell, you are not going to believe this one.
1:19.6	Today I am talking about a 43-year-old mom from Washington, Illinois, who's just been arrested
1:26.6	for something so jaw-dropping,
1:28.7	it sounds made up.
1:31.5	Her name is Robin Polston, a hairdresser, who just gave birth this year to a bouncing baby boy,
1:38.8	and that should be good news.
1:41.6	Except that the father is just a boy himself, a 14-year-old middle schooler who was
1:48.7	dating her daughter. You heard me. A middle schooler who's dating her daughter fathered
1:57.6	her newborn. Pour a stiff one for this because the evidence against Robin Polston is
2:04.9	piling up. It seems this mom had a pension for posting, you know, pictures that were bound
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