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A Norfolk woman is facing criminal charges after helping her six-month-pregnant daughter abort, burn and bury her fetus earlier this year, according to the search warrant affidavit. The 17-year-old daughter also faces felony charges. Documents dated April 22 reveal that she gave birth to a stillborn baby somewhere after midnight, but her previous due date had been July 3. A man was also accused of aiding the mother-daughter duo. The case was further solidified when Meta was served with an arrest warrant, she delivered text messages between the mother and daughter where they can be seen planning the abortion and then burning the evidence.
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Jessica Burgess, 41, faces five criminal charges, including three felonies, for allegedly helping her 17-year-old daughter Celeste Burgess abort and dispose of the fetus. Documents obtained by KMTV revealed that Celeste went to her mother when this incident occurred. The investigation began with a tip that the teenager had buried a fetus with the help of her mother. Jessica then took the lifeless fetus, put it in a bag and then in the back of a cargo van. While the affidavit does not mention the exact time Jessica and Celeste buried the fetus, it does mention that they took the fetus to a property in North Norfolk and disposed of it. The man who became an accessory to this crime is 22-year-old Tanner Barnhill, whose parents owned the property in Madison County. While this could be a case of simple miscarriage, it was not. Chat messages delivered by Facebook revealed that it was indeed an abortion.
Facebook turns over chats between Jessica and Celeste Burgess
Detective Ben McBride of the Norfolk Police Investigative Unit launched the investigation after receiving the tip. His research indicated that while the Supreme Court’s Roe v Wade decision took effect long after this incident, it is Nebraska state law that prohibits a woman from aborting 20 weeks after the fertilization of the egg. McBride stated that Celeste was approaching 23 weeks. Facebook further facilitated this investigation by turning over the chats between Jessica and Celeste upon receiving a court order, according to court documents. McBride wrote in his investigative report: “C. Burgess talks about how he can’t wait to get the ‘thing’ out of his body and reaffirms with J. Burgess that they will burn the evidence later.” In one of the messages, Celeste wrote, “Shall we start today?” to which Jessica responded, “We can if you want the one that will stop the hormones.”
Facebook messages discovered two days before the stillbirth occurred showed Celeste and Jessica discussing how to use abortion pills. She wrote things like she couldn’t wait to get this “thing” out of her body. Jessica and Celeste face charges of concealing the death of another person, false information, and one felony count of human skeletal remains. Text messages shown in court documents and seen by NBC News show Jessica telling a Celeste user “What I ordered last month” and instructing her to take two pills 24 hours apart. As of now, Facebook, now called Meta, is known for complying with requests from law enforcement. Also, they store most of their user information in plain text on their servers, which makes it easily applicable.
