Dead Baby Thrown Out in Hospital Trash

2009_01_chosp.jpg 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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Sounds like The Omen V.

"They killed him!"

Cue the rottweilers!

Monstrous, disgraceful, utterly insensitive. God what the family must be going through. Make those responsible crawl.

isn't this the hospital george clooney went to and so much for the loving Christ hospital who values life.

With all the tags and security and procedures in place, how the f does something like this happen?

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This is horrible, my deepest condolences to the family.
I really hope that they find the body in the hospital.

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

Copy/paste is your friend...

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.

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

I have dealt with this hospital before.

Worst. Hospital. Ever.

Seriously.

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

"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!

Should be named "Jesus Fucking Christ! Hospital".

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