sad

[captain spanky]

http://uk.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUKN2522419420070725?feedType=RSS

[Exodus]

Wow. That's really strange and very sad.

[Logo-Mechanix]

Very sad indeed, stories like this really hit me hard. There was a story here in NJ a while back about a woman who was cleaning out her parents home after they had passed away and found the mumified body of an infant in a suitcase wrapped in newspaper from the 40's or 50's.

[Exodus]

I just can't fathom that. I can't possibly understand the thought process that goes through the mind of someone that would just wrap up a baby (dead or not) and hide it somewhere.

[mac.FINN]

Yeah I heard about that a couple of days ago (local news). Definitely disturbing.

They say it was wrapped in newspaper from 1925, but they're not sure whether the baby's been there that long or not.
Gotta love this city *groan*

[captain spanky]

I just can't fathom that. I can't possibly understand the thought process that goes through the mind of someone that would just wrap up a baby (dead or not) and hide it somewhere.

people in grief have very random thought processes. i suppose it's possible it could have been done by a person who couldn't cope with a reality that was in front of them.

[morea]

saw this on the news last night. The contractor was clearly shaken. I don't think that I could have handled such a gruesome discovery.

[Exodus]

people in grief have very random thought processes. i suppose it's possible it could have been done by a person who couldn't cope with a reality that was in front of them.

Not to sound like a jackass, but I didn't wrap my grandmother up in a newspaper and throw her under the house when she died. :rolleyes: I understand having a hard time coping with reality (take a look at my paycheck every week) but mummifying a child is extreme unless you are actually an ancient Egyptian.

[Typically]

thats pretty nuts. wouldn't it start to smell horribly though?

[WannaBrie]

Very sad. Given how long its been, its possible the child was illegitimate or in some way taboo for the mother (or parents) to have raised it. Either way its a shame and I think its wonderful that the contractor is trying to raise money for a decent burial.

[Logo-Mechanix]

I think the world need smore people who value a life like this guy does, it would be a better place.

[captain spanky]

Not to sound like a jackass, but I didn't wrap my grandmother up in a newspaper and throw her under the house when she died. :rolleyes: I understand having a hard time coping with reality (take a look at my paycheck every week) but mummifying a child is extreme unless you are actually an ancient Egyptian.

yeah i understand what you mean... but a 'standard' death is one thing and a death of something which was taboo possibly in the first place (as WannaBrie said) is a whole different kettle of fish. I'm not saying that this scenario is what happened by any means but, say, a miscarried baby from a pregnant 15 year old in a highly religious family in those days would lead to a great deal of confilcting emotions, guilt, shame, depression... especially if the persons involved had a fragile mental state in the first place... i could understand what some people could lead themselves to do...

Typically - for a mummification to occur, humidity would have to be very low, and if humidity was low, there would have been little smell as the body dried out...

[SpugNothuson]

Typically - for a mummification to occur, humidity would have to be very low, and if humidity was low, there would have been little smell as the body dried out...

Too much CSI for you my friend.

[captain spanky]

Too much CSI for you my friend.

lol
no, just an odd childhood obsession with the ancient egyptians :D

[Red Kittie Kat]

Very sad story :(

[budafist]

People can be forced to do some horrible things. Other people do them out of their own free will. :(

[bejamshi]

I don't know why God allows people like that to have kids.

[Samakimoto Graphics]

Whoa! Very very sad.

I'm curious at to how the baby died.

That must've eaten away at the doer's conscience for years.

[urstwile]

A very sad, disturbing story. :(

There's too much unknown however, to know whether it was as a result of foul play, cultural mores, or a stillbirth that caused so much grief that irrational behavior then followed.

The contractor is clearly a man with a lot of heart.

[Drawing a Blank]

I'm sad to say that this news story http://www.delmarvanow.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070731/NEWS01/707310322
is unfolding today here. I live about 25 miles from where it is taking place and to be honest it makes me sick if the allegations are true.

[Two-Toe Tom]

ugh, that's pretty disturbing.

[Typically]

i guess she never heard of condoms

[WannaBrie]

If she is indeed guilty, she must be a terribly deranged woman. I simply cannot understand how any mother could do this. If indeed, they were all stillborn, why would she wrap them up and hide them in a trunk or under the kitchen sink, for god's sake? What a horrible story. The fact that she did it more than once suggests a severe deficiency of empathy and conscience. Very sad.