RICHMOND, B.C. - A 20-year-old Vancouver-area woman could face several charges related to the death of a newborn baby whose body was found in a landfill.
RCMP in Richmond, B.C., say as many as 35 officers from several Lower Mainland police agencies searched through trash at the Burns Bog landfill south of Vancouver between last Thursday and Sunday, looking for any sign of a newborn baby.
Corp. Jennifer Pound says the remains of what appears to be a full-term baby boy were found in the landfill Sunday, but an autopsy will be needed to determine if the infant was alive at birth.
Pound says the mother was arrested and police are recommending charges ranging from infanticide to committing an indignity to a dead body.
Mounties received a tip last Thursday and were able to confirm the woman had delivered the baby on Jan. 21 while staying with her boyfriend in Richmond.
Police say she told her boyfriend she had miscarried and the pair tossed the remains in a nearby dumpster, but by the time police learned of the incident two weeks later the bin had been emptied and its contents taken to the landfill.
