UPDATE: JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) -- Police who searched dumps in three states for the remains of a baby thrown out in a Jersey City hospital's trash gave up Thursday, saying they had little chance of success.
"We have come to the harsh reality that efforts to locate the remains of Bashere Davon Moyd Jr. would be a Herculean undertaking with little probability of a successful conclusion,'' Jersey City police Chief Thomas Comey said in a statement posted on the department's Web site.
Authorities had been looking for the baby's body since Jan. 2, when it was discovered missing from the morgue at Christ Hospital. The remains apparently were thrown away with the hospital's trash sometime between Dec. 21 and Jan. 2, police said.
They searched dumps in New Jersey and Pennsylvania before focusing on a landfill in Ashland, Ky., where the waste may have been transferred. On Wednesday, Comey said he feared the waste was sent elsewhere and may have been incinerated.
Hospital officials and police have declined to say exactly how the baby ended up in the trash.
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so that's it...he's gone. i can't even imagine not knowing where my dead baby's body is. husband left the box of ashes in the garage for an hour after he picked it up and i FREAKED for hours thinking of her in the garage like that. i can't even imagine. no one should have to.
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Infant's Body Thrown Out with Jersey City Hospital's Trash
JERSEY CITY, N.J. (1010 WINS/AP) -- Police are searching garbage dumps in New Jersey and Pennsylvania for the body of a baby that was apparently thrown out with the trash at Jersey City's Christ Hospital.
[that would be enough, wouldn't it? just the fact that the baby was thrown in the garbage?? keep reading...]
Alice Stockton-Rossini reports. Kalynn Moore gave birth a few days before Christmas to baby Bashire Moore, but sadly he suffered from heart problems and lived just 20 minutes. Moore tells CBS 2 when the funeral home came to retrieve the infant's body the unthinkable happened.
"His body wasn't there," Moore said"I looked at them and said, 'Excuse me?' And they were like, 'We can't find your son," Moore said.
Hospital spokeswoman Barbara Davy says the baby was stillborn on Dec. 21 and the body was placed in the hospital morgue.
[wait...did you see that? apparently the reporter was told, presumably by the parents, that the baby was born alive with heart issues and passed away after 20 minutes...but the hospital spokesperson is stating the baby was stillborn. hmmm...]
The body was gone when a funeral home employee came to pick it up on Jan. 2. Moore's attorney, Michael Anise, says a nurse cleaned up the baby, dressed him in a hat and blanket and gave the baby to the mom to hold.
[dressed him in a hat and blanket and gave him to the mom to hold...doesn't it just suck you right back there? shit.]
Whether the child was born is important because Hudson County's prosecutor says a stillborn is not considered a person under New Jersey law.
[so there you have it. the hospital trying to cover its ass by saying the baby was born dead, and therefore will not be held responsible for throwing a baby in the goddamn trash. and for fuck's sake, if the baby took one single solitary breath its dead body is that of a person, and if he was born dead, his dead body is a piece of garbage. holy fucking shit. are you kidding me? but you know, i guess that's the sentiment out there. a baby born dead is nobody. literally. no wonder we sit here, year after year, in deadbabyland. where else can we be taken seriously? this is all part of a horrible, shocking story, but i dread to think that people all around me feel this way about dead babies in general. i know they do. i used to. it's something i hate to think about.]
Moore's cousin accompanied Bashire's body on the trip to the morgue and says he was clearly identified with bracelets on his ankles and other name tags on his T-shirt and blanket. Anise said the hospital isn't doing much talking and that he has asked hospital administrators to hand over surveillance tapes. Hospital officials say they are working with authorities to recover the infant's body. The search will include garbage dumps in both New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
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oh kalynn, my heart is breaking for you. is having your precious baby boy die not enough to bear?
thinking of this baby's body in a heap of garbage is making me feel like breaking. or killing someone. that hospital is not that far away from me...in fact, soulmate friend lives in that city. i want to go there and throw a total fucking fit. and can you imagine the hospital is called CHRIST HOSPITAL?!?
jesus christ. i don't think your people are living up to your name.
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sorry, eta again: i am just so infuriated...i can't help but wonder WHO the FUCK would physically pick up a baby's dead body and heave it into the garbage? even if the claim is ignorance, shouldn't anyone who works at a hospital know better than to throw a corpse into the trash?? I CAN'T EVEN LAWFULLY THROW MY IVF NEEDLES INTO THE GODDAMNED GARBAGE!! there's got to be more to this...doesn't there?? like maybe the father isn't really around and doesn't want to pay for a funeral and snuck down and put the baby into the garbage? my brain is weaving up stories...i just can't wrap my head around this. i just don't want to believe that someone did this for no fucking reason.
19 comments:
OMFG is right! I have half a mind to call around and see if I can volunteer digging through landfill for this ephemeral nothingness the hospital claims disappeared into thin air because, you know, IT WAS DEAD ANYWAY. Fuck that.
That's shocking. And awful. And disgusting. And so fucking shameful. I'm gutted.
And you're right: This is the only place where people consider deadbabies real people. It's horse-shit. Breaks my already broken heart to see it there in writing.
Poor parents. Poor little baby.
That is absolutely shocking. And shameful. My heart aches for the parents. And the hospital should be ashamed. How the fuck does something like that happen. I'm with tash, I wish there was something I could do to help find this baby. And I wish I could smack the shit out of whoever let this happen. Fucking idiots. (And that's being generous...)
Is there anyway you can reach out to the family, to let them know we are here?
I think I'm gonna go puke now! I can't believe there are still, still, effing idots out there like this. We aren't in the freaking
'40's anymore you nimrods!
I'm with everyone else here...I have a piece of mind to give that hospital...I think I might just call and complain to them! Give them the what for! Jack asses!
Something else to make you even more pissed off at the situation...check this out!
http://www.christhospital.org/newsletter/Newsl0608.pdf
Where's the 5 star care in this story??
I've been sitting here for like 10 minutes trying to write something- but this just takes the words away. a confirmation of what we all knew anyway- no one but us thinks our dead children count
I'm so disgusted right now I could vomit.
I read the start of this post earlier today, and had to stop. Came back now to finish and comment, and now the picture-- it just breaks my heart all over again.
This picture should be on the front page of every newspaper locally. I dare anyone to tell me that baby isn't real, or that that mother isn't a mother.
I need to punch something.
My actions over the last three months have been equally fueled by love/hope for my daughter and indignation at "the system". Ok - not always equal amounts. And today, righteous (and it IS warrented) indignation WINS!
This is the worst of the worst. And yes, it brings me right back.
The fuck??? I don't even know what to say. Not a person? NOT A PERSON? I'm outraged, and I cry for Kalynn. I hope she nails their asses to the wall.
This is one of the worst things I've ever heard. I can't believe it, that poor, poor woman.
I could be shocked, but I'm not. People are so callous, especially when its not their loved one going through the trauma. As one who lost a baby I can imagine how the mother feels losing her baby- but then to find out that the hospital just threw the baby in the trash...
I would have beat everyones ass in that hospital!!! She'd better get a good lawyer and sue that hospital. JC has always been a hot mess for one reason or another but this takes the cake.
I saw this today, and was completely unraveled. I can't believe on top of this poor mother's shock and grief, she has to deal with this. I am outraged and unbelievably sad for her. I can't believe the blatant disregard for this little person's life. I am heartbroken for them.
oh.my.fucking.GOD. is right.
That poor mother. I can't believe she has to deal with this on top of the loss of her son.
I agree with you that not everyone understands or validates a stillbirth. I've not experienced the heartbreak of losing a child. But as mothers, we fiercely want to protect the ones we love however we are able , living or dead. I pray with all my heart that they find this poor innocent baby.
I don't get how this could happen either. I find it hard to believe that the garbage would ever be an option for any human body, whatever the reason of death. So is that saying it is ok for a scared teenager to toss her baby in the trash if it is born still? I guess I'm afraid to know the answer.
I honestly can't think of anything else to say beyond what you said: oh.my.fucking.god.
OMFG that is unbelievable. I hope the hospital gets dragged over hot coals for this. It is inexcusable. That poor woman. Unbelievable.
This makes my heart hurt for her, her baby and for all of us. How can we live in a world where a this goes on? And how can that hospital spokesperson look at himself/herself in the mirror each morning?
The picture is completely breaking my heart. There, you see? A BABY. And man, do I know those eyes.
Any follow up today?
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