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Alta. mom charged in death of newborn baby girl% s; L) P1 W U5 u& v7 x
/ ^# _1 G, w5 ?: y$ h; xUpdated Tue. Mar. 25 2008 10:40 PM ET6 \. ?2 ^( w6 N6 x6 H7 P% P/ E" b
, c6 T4 ]7 | v7 O% c, W/ lCTV.ca News Staff
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, J* P$ Q# z5 t. V. l2 iA 20-year-old woman has been charged after a tenant found the dead body of a baby girl under a bed in a north-end Edmonton home last week.( ~- f# I' k7 q/ R+ D- S/ I" X
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Naomi Russell-Simpson is charged with committing an indignity to a body, neglect to obtain assistance in child birth and concealing the body of a child.' w& {% G% U" o- L
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The 20-year-old college student was granted bail Tuesday.
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( O7 h+ q5 V3 V4 i+ a' c; QPolice have released few details on the autopsy results, but said Tuesday the girl was born alive. The girl's death is still being labelled as suspicious and not a homicide.- ^4 H- Z2 B0 p9 o1 M, P0 J+ d; T1 k
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The infant was found on March 19 when a man sharing a home at 69 Street and 130 Avenue, who would only identify himself as Wayne, entered the basement suite to do some laundry.+ A+ t" F3 z4 V2 R- ?' x) p$ H" ^, z
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Wayne said his dog began barking and eventually led him to the body. He and his girlfriend called police after they saw a small hand in the bag.- g6 n0 A6 w% s. \0 S) ~. H/ {
7 l9 N0 p; k6 TPolice said the girl's body was wrapped in towels and placed in a plastic bag.
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Police said there is a possibility more charges could be laid.* a# A4 Y6 Q7 Y; @6 W
8 h8 L$ \$ G B4 K& S% |The charges neglecting to obtain assistance in childbirth and committing an indignity to a dead body both carry a maximum penalty of five years.9 l$ ^$ e. D3 b" k1 [% h3 U
% _0 r8 @% _! g9 URussell-Simpson's next court appearance is scheduled for April 8.
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abortion is legal in canada, but this baby was born alive, this is homicide, |
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