A Philadelphia woman has been charged after the body of a 4-month-old infant was found in a trash bag stuffed inside a bassinet in a New Jersey home.
Ebony Gee, 43, was arrested on July 11 and charged with desecration of human remains and witness tampering,
police said.
Gee had been caring for the child at her partner’s home in Camden, New Jersey, earlier this year when she suddenly refused to allow the parents or her partner to see the infant,
the Philadelphia Inquirer reported
.
Gee’s partner told police she kept the baby in a second-floor room of the home and would not allow anyone into the room. It is not clear why Gee was caring for the baby, the Inquirer said.
Then, on May 19, Gee’s partner went into the room and found the infant dead inside a trash bag and stuffed inside the bassinet. She then contacted the authorities.
The child’s parents confirmed to police that Gee had been caring for the child.
An autopsy was unable to determine the cause or manner of death due to the decomposition of the body,
NBC10 reported
.
Anyone with information about this case is asked to call either Detective Matthew Kreidler of the Camden County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide Unit at 856-930-5355 or Detective Brandon Bolger of the Camden County Police Department at 609-519-3981.
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