Canada - Remains of three newborns found at London home, 9 June 2009

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pearseha said:
Here's an interesting case that may (or may not) shed some light on this case:

"It came to light when Jean-Louis Courjault found the bodies of two babies in the freezer, at the family's home in the South Korean capital, Seoul. Mrs Courjault was on holiday in France at the time, and refused to go back.

In the run-up to her trial, it seems that every leading pregnancy expert in France has been interviewed by the media - and suddenly people here are no longer talking about premeditated murder, they are talking about an intriguing psychological condition called pregnancy denial.

The figures the paper gave were startling - every year in France, between 1,600 and 2,000 women apparently suffer from pregnancy denial, and at least 230 discover or admit they're pregnant only at the moment they give birth."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8104195.stm
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Thank you kindly for the info, Pearseha. Talk about refusing to see what is right under your nose! :eek:

I have a difficult time wrapping my mind around the pregnancy denial stats. Seems as if this could become a convenient claim. I am sure it happens but at such numbers?
 
Paintr said:
Thank you kindly for the info, Pearseha. Talk about refusing to see what is right under your nose! :eek:

I have a difficult time wrapping my mind around the pregnancy denial stats. Seems as if this could become a convenient claim. I am sure it happens but at such numbers?
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Oh, I know. I figured this would be a 30-at-most thing, with the mothers being really, really young or quite "old" - women who mistake pregnancy for menopause, which I know does happen. But, yes, the numbers here seem excessive - but only about 200 make it all the way without realizing, the article says.

I knew I was pregnant the week it happened - but, then, I wanted a baby and was happy about it. There is definitely a major psyche issue in this case - I was just throwing it out there in case it's the same thing with Sinn.
 
EDMONTON — The jury is still out in the case of Katrina Effert, an Alberta woman who was 19 years old when she gave birth alone in her parent's basement and then strangled her baby with a pair of orange thong underwear.

Jurors retired to deliberate Thursday shortly after 5 p.m.

Effert is charged with second-degree murder, but has admitted to the lesser included offence of infanticide.


http://www.canada.com/news/Jury+deliberating+Alta+baby+murder+case/1713506/story.html
 
Thanks Paintr for the update. I do remember she is the same lawyer representing TLM.
 
http://www.citytv.com/toronto/citynews/news/national/article/56467--woman-accused-of-hiding-bodies-of-three-dead-infants-to-attend-bail-hearing

Woman Accused Of Hiding Bodies Of Three Dead Infants To Attend Bail Hearing

A woman accused of hiding the bodies of three dead infants inside her London home will attend a bail hearing on Wednesday.

The decision was supposed to come down on August 26, but the hearing for the 32-year-old woman ran long.

If she is granted bail, the conditions cannot be made public due to a publication ban.
 
http://www.citytv.com/toronto/citynews/news/national/article/56467--woman-accused-of-hiding-bodies-of-three-dead-infants-granted-bail

A woman accused of hiding the bodies of three dead infants inside her London home was granted bail on Wednesday

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Most of the conditions cannot be made public due to a publication ban. Bail was set at $50,000.







http://www.cjbk.com/news/565/985823

Jennifer Sinn was granted 50-thousand dollars bail this morning but faces a few strict conditions.

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The 32 year old will now make her next court appearence on October 8th.
 
http://www.theobserver.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1727875

Hanging on to her own father's arm, the London mother charged after three dead infants were found in her basement had her first taste of freedom in three months yesterday.

Since June, Jennifer Sinn, 32, had been in custody facing three counts of causing an indignity to a dead body and three counts of disposing of a child's body with intent to conceal delivery. Yesterday, she quickly left the London courthouse with her father, Erwin Sinn, one of two sureties contributing to her $50,000 bail. But the decision by Ontario Court Justice of the Peace Stewart Taylor will have further scrutiny. Acting Middlesex Crown attorney Mary Potter said the prosecution would seek a bail review. "We will be reviewing the decision," she said.
 
http://www.londontopic.ca/article.php?artid=15742

But while the examination was able to determine the stage of development of the three infants, the gender, cause of deaths, and parental heritage has still not been confirmed, and could take months of DNA and forensic testing before all questions are answered, Faulkner said back in June.

"That's primarily due to the significant decomposition of the bodies," Faulkner said. However, police believe, and have evidence to suggest that Sinn was the mother of the deceased babies. In addition, the autopsy found no evidence of any trauma on the decomposed remains.
 
http://www.northpeel.com/news/article/75741

The decision to grant the woman $50,000 bail came from Ontario Court Justice of the Peace Stewart Taylor in a London court. Sinn’s mother and father are the two sureties contributing to the bail.

Reports indicate acting Middlesex Crown attorney Mary Potter will seek a bail review, with a tentative date marked for Sept. 16.

While on bail, Sinn will reside with her mother in London and is ordered to remain at the residence at all times unless accompanied by one or both of her parents.

The mother of four is not allowed to communicate with her children, under a Family Court order. She is also forbidden to have communication with her boyfriend, Mike Marquette and his immediate family.
 
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Peel Regional Police constable Mark Bennett sits with Jennifer Sinn, then 19, and her three-day-old baby, Matthew, in Brampton on Jan. 9, 1996. Bennett helped deliver the child.
 
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