Calgary woman who left body of newborn in dumpster receives calls for jailtime
Posted Sep 9, 2022 3:04 pm.
An Alberta prosecutor says the mother of a baby girl discovered dead in a Calgary dumpster on Christmas Eve in 2017 should serve time in jail.
The woman, 24-year-old Nina Albright, pleaded guilty in November to offering an indignity to a body.
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In 2017, Calgary police received a call at 11:30 p.m. on Christmas Eve from a member of the public in the northwest community of Bowness. The individual found the body of the newborn in a parking lot behind a grocery store.
Albright was 19-years-old when she gave birth to a baby girl in her parents’ home. However, she told police the baby stopped breathing after a couple of minutes.
Results from an autopsy confirmed that the baby was alive after she was born and breathing on her own. Over the course of the investigation, Calgary police say they received 70 tips on the case.
Three medical examiners couldn’t say when she had died. Police arrested her in January 2020.
Crown attorney Vicki Faulkner says Albright needs to pay for her crime and serve a sentence of between three and six months.
Albright’s lawyer Gavin Wolch called for an absolute discharge, saying his client has suffered enough.
