Dead Baby Thrown Out in Hospital Trash

A family already mourning was dealt a terrible blow: Jersey City's Christ Hospital apparently threw away the body of their dead newborn with the trash. Grieving mother Kalynn Moore told WCBS 2 that the funeral home went to pick of the body, but were unable to find it, "I looked at them and said, 'Excuse me?' And they were like. 'We can't find your son.'" Her cousin added that she accompanied the baby to the morgue—"He had ID bracelets on both ankles. There was a tag on the t-shirt, and a tag on the blankets." The hospital told the Jersey Journal that baby was stillborn on December 21 (the family says the baby was born alive and declared dead 20 minutes later). The body was apparently thrown out by the time the funeral home inquired on January 2. Police are now searching garbage dumps in NJ and Pennsylvania and Christ Hospital said, "Our thoughts and prayers are with the family, and we hope to bring this unfortunate situation to a resolution as soon as possible."

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By Jen Chung in News on January 6, 2009 8:50 AM

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NannyState

Should be named "Jesus Fucking Christ! Hospital".

openheads

"This reinforces my theory that no one should ever go to New Jersey for any reason."

A NJ joke from a provincial NY'er? You've broken new ground my friend. Good job!

rdc

That's a lawsuit waiting to happen if there ever was one.

Lautaro

Sigh.

ThisCharmingMan

I have dealt with this hospital before.

Worst. Hospital. Ever.

Seriously.

JRod5417

It does seem suspicious that the hospital says it was stillborn, but the mother says otherwise, then the body goes missing. Cover-up perhaps?

robingee

Clooney went to Palisades Medical Center I believe.

How exactly did the baby get thrown out? They should have taken it home like Rick Santorum, dressed it up and cuddled with it.