Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 17th
LACEY, Wash. (AP) - A Thurston County sheriff's spokesman says deputies have unearthed the remains of a human infant from the yard of a Lacey, Wash.-area home. Lt. Greg Elwin says a nurse at River Ridge High School notified officers after being told Tuesday by a 16-year-old girl that she delivered a stillborn infant last June. The girl reportedly told no one about the pregnancy at the time except the 16-year-old father. Elwin said the two teens "decided the way to handle this was to bury the child." The remains were found Tuesday, reportedly buried in a shoebox. Detectives interviewed the two teens and released them to their parents. County Coroner Gary Warnock said the remains will be taken to the King County medical examiner's office, where a forensic anthropologist will try to determine age, as well as the time, cause and manner of death. Investigators have yet to determine whether a crime occurred.(Copyright 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.)
