US EditionWA Woman Gave Birth in Secret, Partner Put Baby in the Freezer
SPALDING, NORTH-EAST OF GERALDTON, AUSTRALIA, JUL 31 – Burton denied pregnancy and faked illness for financial gain; over $3,000 raised before admitting baby was stillborn and placed in freezer, court told.
- Earlier this week, Monique Ellen Burton, a 35-year-old Geraldton woman, pleaded guilty to interfering with a corpse after secretly giving birth and her partner stored the body in a freezer.
- Denying her pregnancy, Burton claimed terminal liver cancer and raised over $3000 via her GoFundMe page 'Monique’s Medical Journey', then pleaded guilty to 12 counts of benefit fraud on Thursday.
- Lab results showed a pregnancy hormone in Burton's blood, prompting doctors to question her repeatedly about her recent pregnancy and the child's whereabouts.
- On Friday, Judge Renton said, `What you did involved a degree of indignity towards Baby Burton and would quite rightly be viewed as repugnant by members of the community.`
- Following their probes, child protection and police visited the home where Balaam admitted finding the bag behind the couch and suspected it contained a baby.
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