After inducing her miscarriage, Burgess and her mother, Jessica Burgess, 42, buried, exhumed, and reburied the fetal remains twice, attempting to burn them after the second exhumation, according to a report in Today. They buried the remains a third time with the help of a friend, who later pled no contest to charges of attempting to conceal a death.
Since the overturning of Roe v. Wade, many states — including Nebraska — have either banned or placed strict limitations on abortion access. Abortion is now illegal in Nebraska after 12 weeks of pregnancy, although at the time Burgess was pregnant, abortion access was legal up to 20 weeks gestation.
And Today reports Burgess discussed her miscarriage with a coworker, adding that she needed to “dig the body up and burn the baby’s body,"
The teen has been sentenced to 90 days in jail with 24 months of probation, and court records show she is currently an inmate at Madison County Jail.
With good behavior, she may be released after 53 days.
Jessica Burgess has pleaded guilty to providing an abortion after 20 weeks, false reporting, and tampering with human skeletal remains.
She faces up to five years in prison, and is due to be sentenced in September.
That’s it’s, 90 days for the daughter, maybe 5 years for the mom for murder, attempting to hide a body, desecrating the remains repeatedly. This is textbook first degree murder if a man did this….
That’s it’s, 90 days for the daughter, maybe 5 years for the mom for murder, attempting to hide a body, desecrating the remains repeatedly. This is textbook first degree murder if a man did this….