Woman Admits To Discarding Fetus, Police Say

[maciymommieof3]

WBAL-TV/Barry Simms Police found the fetus at this Dumpster.

"The detectives from Baltimore County and Harford County were directed by the woman, who said she had given birth earlier that day to an infant that was stillborn," Bel Air Police Chief Leo Matrangola said. "The detectives checked the trash bin and found a package, a plastic bag containing the fetus."

 

Investigators said they hope an autopsy may resolve questions. It may take a month for results.

 

"The woman is very cooperative and indicated the fetus was stillborn. To prove otherwise, that's why an autopsy exam is done," Matrangola said.

 

Investigators declined to reveal more about the unidentified woman. They did say the birth took place at a Bel Air home of a relative of the woman, who police have taken to Upper Chesapeake Medical Center for treatment.

 

No charges were filed as of Wednesday.

Read more: http://www.wbaltv.com/news/30410914/detail.html#ixzz1lzOifQjJ

[angy129]

Um, that's rather disturbing on so many levels.

Stillborn or not, how could a woman consider it nothing more than trash? IMO, if the fetus was truly stillborn, it was for the best. And I hope this pregnancy causes enough damage to her uterus to where she can never have any children again.  

[eviesmom453]

No charges?!?!

She should have had an abortion.

[Veni.Vidi.Vici.]

If you find any updates please post them.

I don't know what the laws are regarding throwing out a stillborn baby. [blech] as yucky as it sounds.

[Veni.Vidi.Vici.]

Quoting eviesmom453:

No charges?!?!

She should have had an abortion.

Why should she have had an abortion?

[Katherine696997]

Quoting angy129:

Um, that's rather disturbing on so many levels.

Stillborn or not, how could a woman consider it nothing more than trash? IMO, if the fetus was truly stillborn, it was for the best. And I hope this pregnancy causes enough damage to her uterus to where she can never have any children again.  

[punky3175]

 I would appreciate updates as well.  I would like to know how old the "fetus" was.  Was it a full term pregnancy or extremely early or somewhere in between?  I still don't agree with throwing it out with the trash but knowing the answers to those questions would be nice.

[jehosoba84]

 The extent of my knowledge on this was from a  tv show.  Judging amy, I think. It claimed that it is a crime to hide the birth of a child. Even if it is stillborn.  Who knows.

Strange that she decided to throw it away. Did she have no family wondering where the baby was? or what happened to her pregnancy?

[lga1965]

 This knd of thing has been happening in thousands of cases....why do we need to focus on THIS one , as if it is sonmething new? The reasons for these horrible events are many. There are young, uneducated girls whose parents would freak out if they knew their daughter was pregnant so the girls hide it and dispose of the baby in the trash....lack of education in the girl and her parents' lives. Then there are girls who have mental deficiencies and didn't know they were carrying a baby, then panic and ditch the baby. There are states that provde an ption of taking the newborn to a hospital to surrneder the child for adption. There are stillborn babies of course and they should be taken to a hospital too but the mothers are too immature and irrational to do that.The whole thing adds up to a lack of education and lack of information. The babies could have been prevented in the first place ...there could be birth control info given to these girls. There could be adoption in their lives. There could be communication between parents and children instead of the lack of trust or lack of interest that many families suffer from. In any case it is wrong and I blame the parents for most of these disasters.

[MomofNikki2010]

Just think of how much more this would happen if abortions were illegal.

[BrookieCookie1]

 I did time once with a woman that , not only was in her late 20's early 30's, but had already had a chil that she and SO were raising. If you met her, you'd have never thought so in a million years-the baby was alive, and she gave birth at home and threw it out, saying it was the carcass of the thanksgiving turkey. Ugh. They went back and forth, sending her to mayview (state mentla hospital) to figure it out, she really did not fit the 'mold' one would think of someone who would do that. SHe came off as way more normal then me! It ended up that her husband had something to do with it, and once she was looking at life and started talking about him, he disappeared overnight with another woman.... Like someone else said, sadly, these cases are bbeyond plentiful.....