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| S.D. Woman Admits Putting Baby in Landfill
By CARSON WALKER, Associated Press Writer 6 hours ago ELK POINT, S.D. - Saying she was afraid of how her boyfriend would react, a woman admitted Wednesday to throwing away her newborn, whose body was found in a garbage bag at a Nebraska landfill. Lori Schultz, 21, pleaded guilty in Union County court to second-degree manslaughter, in an agreement with prosecutors. She could receive up to 10 years in prison at sentencing, set for Feb. 28. Prosecutors first plan to have Schultz testify under oath before a grand jury to see if charges are warranted against Paul Alan Lundberg, her boyfriend at the time and the baby's father. Schultz told Judge Steven Jensen that the Air Force discharged her for being pregnant, but she didn't tell her parents or friends why she was kicked out. "I knew I would have the baby. I figured I would go to the hospital and figure out what to do. I was scared and embarrassed," Schultz said tearfully. The night before Feb. 2, 2004, she was in a lot of pain, didn't sleep well and concluded she was in labor, she said. She then had the baby and cut the cord. "I got scared and I put him on the bathroom rug and put towels around him. I saw that he was a boy. I didn't know what Paul would do and I panicked so I wrapped him (the baby) in towels and put him in garbage bags." Schultz said she put the bundle in a trash can, saw the baby move and wanted to bring him inside but was afraid of Lundberg's response. She said when Lundberg came in and asked where all the blood had come from, told him she was menstruating. When he went to the store for her, she wheeled the garbage can to the end of the driveway, Schultz said. Then she heard the baby whimper. "I wanted to bring him back inside but I didn't know what Paul would do," she said. A volunteer searcher at a Jackson, Neb., landfill found the body April 5, 2004. |
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What's wrong with these people? I've seen so much of this over the past year. And they get away with murder so easily. Yes, this woman is getting 10 years. It seems a lot more fair that what most get - 9 months was what one woman got - and it was only probation, no jail time at all.
Infantacide punishment should be just as harsh as murder - because that's what it is. But it's worse. There are so many more options - abortion, adoption, etc. Anything is better than having a child and throwing it in the garbage like an unwanted piece of trash. It's just sick. And every one of these that I remember say that they heard it whimper or cry. Your own child!
People can say "Oh, you don't know what it's like". Well maybe I do. I'm a single mother - a teenager when I had him. But I didn't throw him away! I'm not rich, and he was a product of rape. I was afraid to ask my mother for birth control, let alone tell her I was pregnant. But I did.
Now, for those who think "insanity" defense... as I said, strict as murder punishments. Those who do plead insanity go for treatment in mental institutions. Those who admit to being an idiot go to jail. Either way, they are away from children and, hopefully, the possiblity of having them, for quite some time.
Btw, the girl that got 9 months probation for killing her own baby - now works with children, doing a degree in early childhood education. That should never have been allowed.
