Remains of Infant Found In Richmond Area Landfill

Monday, February 08, 2010 11:48 AM

Richmond, B.C. - A tragic story out of Richmond today, as RCMP in that city have recovered the remains of an infant from Burns Bog.

On February 4th, 2010 the Richmond RCMP received information from an unknown source about a female who may have been pregnant, delivered and discarded her baby.

Through investigation the Richmond Serious Crime Unit identified the suspect and determined that she did give birth to a baby boy on Sunday January 21st, 2010 at her boyfriend’s home in Richmond.

While the boyfriend was asleep on the couch his pregnant girlfriend had the baby by herself in the bathroom. She awoke her boyfriend after giving birth and explained she had a miscarriage. With the help of her boyfriend, the mother wrapped the baby in a towel, put him in a garbage bag and discarded him in a nearby school dumpster.

When police checked the dumpster they were advised that the bin had been emptied and taken to the Burns Bog landfill.

Richmond RCMP, along with the Lower Mainland Tac Troop which contains a number of police agencies, diligently scoured the landfill for three days. At times there were upwards of 35 police officers searching for the baby boy.

(at right, teams search Burns Bog landfill)

Yesterday the team of investigators searching were relieved and horrified to find the remains of an infant amongst the other trash. The infant appeared to be the size of a full term baby.

The 20 year old mother of the baby was arrested and released on a Promise to Appear.

Charges are being recommended for:

Neglect to obtain assistance at child birth
Concealing body of child
Infanticide
Indignity to dead body

This investigation continues and an autopsy will be conducted in attempts to determine if the baby was alive at birth.

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Posted by: IMO on February 8 2010 11:58 AM

God!

Posted by: Mercenary on February 8 2010 12:17 PM

My God! What a tragic story. I don't claim to know what was happening in that young woman's life to make her do something like that but surely she had better options than that.

Posted by: Loki on February 8 2010 12:23 PM

Sadly this is only the one we have heard about. Young women with unplanned pregnancies are under a lot of strain. They are barely able to care for themselves as evidenced by their unplanned pregnancy, then they have to plan and prepare to care for the child for at least the next twenty years.

Hopefully she has a stronger support network now that the secret is out and she disparately needs that support.

I wonder though, the boyfriend slept through the entire birth? She must have bit down on a towel or he was not available for her in her time of need. A solo birth is extremely hard and extremely painful, that should have produced a few good screams of agony.

Posted by: He spoke on February 8 2010 1:52 PM

Scared, very scared. pour soul.

Posted by: bellaboop on February 8 2010 2:16 PM

Good grief that is devestating. It horrifies me how out of control people can get, to the point of feeling they have no other option but to hurt themselves and hurt others in desperation. It is so sad, surely this girl had signs of depression/illness and everyone ignored the signs. I agree Loki, I hope she has the support she needs. Rest in peace tiny angel.

Posted by: Norm on February 8 2010 3:46 PM

yes this is a sad story, but check the dumpster at the hospital.

Posted by: shesmiles on February 8 2010 4:45 PM

This is a terribly sad story, but if she carried this baby to term and can throw him/her away like yesterday's garbage, then why the hell can't she give it up for adoption? There are tons of happy couples who would have gladly given this baby a good, loving home. If she had a still born child, why didn't they just call 911...this is a terrible story and I don't understand how a mother can do such deplorable acts. Why is she getting all this sympathy from the other posts. Sorry but this is murder if she just threw her baby away...and it's just about as disgusting that she threw her still born into the trash if he was dead when he was born.