Baby's Body May End Up In KY Dump
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Posted: 11:55 AM Jan 7, 2009
 Last Updated: 11:05 PM Jan 7, 2009
 Reporter: Tamara Evans
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It's a shocking story for anyone to hear; a hospital throws away the body of a newborn.

The baby, named Basheare, was thrown in the trash in Jersey City. Police say they are searching landfills in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and even in Kentucky at landfills that take trash from that area.

On Wednesday, a train headed to Boyd County from New Jersey was stopped in Greenup County. Kentucky State Police tell us it was the train they were waiting for from New Jersey, containing trash.

They are now working with New Jersey police to determine what their next step will be. At this point, authorities and hospital officials just don't know where the body of this baby is.

In the meantime, the baby's mother is just demanding answers to where her baby is.

Kalynn Moore, Basheare's mother, says he was born several days before the Christmas holiday at Christ Hospital in Jersey City, but he died 20 minutes later, despite doctors' efforts to save him.

His little body was taken to the hospital morgue, but when the funeral home came to get him, he was gone.

Christ Hospital officials are not disputing the police departments statements that the baby's corpse was discarded.

The family says they may pursue a lawsuit against the hospital.

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Posted by: Jean Location: Jefferson Co. on Jan 10, 2009 at 11:25 PM
My heart goes out to this Mother and family. I am sorry that this happen to you.There are no word to take your pain away. I pray that one day you will find some peace.Hold on don't give up.
Posted by: student Location: hyden, ky on Jan 9, 2009 at 09:15 AM
Oh my gosh... this makes me sick to know that there is people out there that just dont care.. i am sure that person knew what he/she was doing. This child derserves to at least have a burial and the family should be able to grieve the right way as someone else has already stated. im so sorry for what has happend. I wish there was something i could do to help.. i'll pray for you and your child.. i hope that things get better for you even though it will be a while.. God be with you.
Posted by: Karlou Location: KY on Jan 8, 2009 at 10:23 PM
It seems a little fishy to me....maybe more like an abduction?? Doctors didnt bother to try to save the baby...it supposedly died right after birth...and is now missing? hummmmm
Posted by: Samantha Location: corbin,Ky on Jan 8, 2009 at 01:57 PM
Ky has been accepting trash from other states for years (decades)now. But right now is not the time to comment on that that. The hospital and the missing body of a newborn is what matters. This baby needs to be found so the parents can bury their precious baby and grieve for thier loss. Right now they cannot grieve properly because they are angry and saddened that hospital personnel discarded him like trash instead of the human being that he was no matter how small. The hospital and staff responsible should never be allowed to practice medicine again. My sympathies go out to this family.
Posted by: Shiro Location: Kentucky on Jan 8, 2009 at 01:03 PM
How did this happen?How could this happen?Are they covering up something?Was the baby dead,did the mother or family see that the baby was dead?Was the baby dead before birth or after birth?God bless this family.
Posted by: Holly Location: Harrodsburg on Jan 8, 2009 at 12:04 PM
I agree with Troy in Danville. What [edited] is wrong with you people?? A hospital throws a dead body away, and you all are talking about Ky accepting trash from another state??? Who freakin' cares about that at a time like this? Youall should be ashamed!
Posted by: Judy Location: East KY on Jan 8, 2009 at 08:29 AM
It is too late to worry about trash being brought into KY from NJ now. I think this started happening years ago when we had that Govenor (Name ?) with the motto "Kentucky, Open for Business".. I remember that is when the state started to consider taking trash from a few states. Those states pay KY to do that.. it won't be long before KY is half tourist attraction and half nothing but dead land and bad water... you can thank the coal corproations for that. Many people in Eastern KY are no better off than the poor Indians on reservations out west. Our land was stolen from us. THE HORRIBLE INCIDENT of the baby is just a shame and I believe someone knows something. I can't imagine this happening. There is no excuse. The hospital should be responsible and should be sued. My prayers go out to the baby's family.
Posted by: Joslynn Location: Johnson County on Jan 8, 2009 at 06:58 AM
I would make the hospital pay for what they have done...It's hard enough to loose a beloved blessing,but then to find out the hospital discarded it as if he was trash...That's a dirty shame...My prayers go out to the family,and may GOD bless you and yours through this terrible time...
Posted by: new mom Location: ky on Jan 8, 2009 at 01:26 AM
I am in dibelief! He may not have been a living child, but he was somebody's child! I hope this mother pushes this as far as she can. That was soooo disrespectful to the baby and the family. They need to fire the person or persons responsible and have their lisence revoked!
Posted by: betty Location: kimper on Jan 8, 2009 at 12:13 AM
hey where is JACO I work at a hospital in housekeeping all body parts go to the morgue if disgurad in a red can (biharzd). not in the grash .God bless the mother of this child.an JACO need to step in an check this out. an the hopital need to pay no amount of money can bring this little baby back. just put it in God hands.he can help.
Posted by: sandy Location: floyd county on Jan 7, 2009 at 11:53 PM
I fell so sorry for the family.I had a baby to died just after delivery and it is a terrible thing to go through, loosing a child after carrying it for months and then someone through the baby away is a horrible ,horrible thing to happen ..god bless this family my prayers are with you..
Posted by: what Location: kentucky on Jan 7, 2009 at 11:46 PM
Im praying thay will find the babys body.so the mother can have afuneral.and if i knew outher states were dumping toxit waest hear. i have been praying thay stop?
Posted by: Della Location: Pike County on Jan 7, 2009 at 11:15 PM
First of all,"How can a hospital miss place a body, even if it is that of a baby?" Also,"How could it had landed in the trash for a Landfill site?" My heart goes out to the Mother of the Baby, I pary its body is returned very soon to her and the Family.
Posted by: Tess Location: London on Jan 7, 2009 at 11:06 PM
That is a horrid story and I feel for the family... But what the @#@$$ is NEW JERSEY TRASH being dumped in Kentucky in the first @#$% place... let NEW JERSEY keep their own @#$% garbage... I would like to know what stupid governement official allows other states garbage to be thrown in Kentucky because if I find out you can bet one thing that ignorant @## will never get my vote again... I think we have some of the stupidest ignorant idiots running this state that ever was elected in...it is no @#$% wonder Kentuckians stop going to elections...Becuase the only thing we seem to be able to elect in is idiots that allow others states waste to be dumbed in our state... No wonder Kentucky has a high death rate... We are getting dumped with other peoples diseases.
Posted by: amanda decker Location: corbin,ky on Jan 7, 2009 at 10:31 PM
may god be with you and your family
Posted by: KyMom Location: Salyersville on Jan 7, 2009 at 10:30 PM
I am horrified that something like this could happen! You misplace ink pens not the body of a deceased baby!!!! I think the hospital should have to cover the expense of whatever type of burial this family wants as well as pay them damages, it is only fair.
Posted by: ROSE on Jan 7, 2009 at 08:48 PM
THIS IS VERY SAD ,HOW COULD THIS OF HAPPENED? I CAN'T BELIEVE WHAT I HAVE JUST READ ! VERY SAD. MY PRAYERS ARE WITH THE FAMILY.
Posted by: nanny78 Location: ky on Jan 7, 2009 at 07:27 PM
Maybe the baby didn't die and someone took it, or they sold it? god bless the family threw this horrible time. It is even worse that this poor mother lost her child but not even able to bury it. What is this crazy world coming to. I believe that the hospital needs to be held responsible. There is no reason that that baby should not have been there when the funeral home came to take the child I think they need to get to the bottom and see who was last seen with this child, look back on cameras or something. Our prayers are with this family.
Posted by: Troy Location: Danville on Jan 7, 2009 at 07:03 PM
OMG a baby is lost whether it be alive or already deceased is irrelavent!!! And you people want to complain about another states trash being here.UNREAL!!!
Posted by: c on Jan 7, 2009 at 05:49 PM
How can you lose a baby? Who decide's it's garbage. Iv'e heard of women miscarrying as far along as 6-months and the hospital telling them they would take care of it. Is this what they mean by "take care of it" They throw it out like garbage, but then I would hope even in those situations any mother would want to give her child a proper resting place. It's sad, either way you look at it.
Posted by: teresa Location: harlan on Jan 7, 2009 at 05:33 PM
This sounds fishey, i think someone took that baby. Who knows that baby may have not been dead!
Posted by: Anonymous Location: KENTUCKY on Jan 7, 2009 at 05:14 PM
This makes me wonder how well they(the hospital) cares for the living babies. That baby was just as special to that mother and family as the babies that live. There is no excuss for lost anybody at a hospital.
Posted by: donna Location: mt vernon on Jan 7, 2009 at 05:13 PM
may god help this family.my prayers are with this mother. how could this happen .this hospital should not discarded a baby like trash.they should pay.
Posted by: concerned Location: paintsville, ky on Jan 7, 2009 at 04:24 PM
I THINK THIS HOSPITAL SHOULD BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS TERRIBLE ACT. Make them pay out the nose. Also ,we have enough garbage in Ky. why would we accept garbage from other states? I can tell you why, GREED! That simple word is what is wrong with America today. If the millionaires were not so greedy they would help the poor and help come up with a way to create jobs for people in the usa and our so great Wal Mart would stop buying 75% of their goods from China. Thats right 75%. No wonder we have lost so many jobs and the economy is down so much. Why don't the government put such high taxes on imported goods that it would not pay to make them in another country. I can tell you why, somebody is getting their palms greased if you know what I mean. Tell it like it is. Wake and smell the coffee! bye for now
Posted by: Former Kentuckian on Jan 7, 2009 at 03:19 PM
This is horrible. I pray for this mother. This hospital should be put out of business.
Posted by: coral Location: warbranch ky on Jan 7, 2009 at 03:06 PM
how could something like that happen and why wouldn't it seen on hospital carmer i think something fishes is going on. omg please just a look. people get real don't they have a special places where they take body parts and deposit of. wake up.
Posted by: lynn Location: KY on Jan 7, 2009 at 01:53 PM
I am sad to hear about this families loss.. two fold..and how cruel on the hopsitals staff part in the matter... BUT WHY IN THE HECK IS KY accepting TRASH from others states???????
Posted by: Anonymous on Jan 7, 2009 at 01:50 PM
AMEN!!! GORDON. Posted by: Gordon Location: Freeman on Jan 7, 2009 at 12:35 PM Why is New Jersey's trash being dumped in Ashland, Kentucky? Keep New Jersey's trash inside New Jersey.
Posted by: Brad Location: G'town on Jan 7, 2009 at 01:38 PM
Ok, I feel sorry for the baby and i hope the family finds out what is going on....BUT... Why is NJ trash being emptied in KY. I want to keep clean. Let NJ keep their crack pipes,needles and other items in NJ... This IS CRAZY
Posted by: MD Location: Jackson Co on Jan 7, 2009 at 01:38 PM
Yep, probably most from New Jersey just think we're trash here anyway. What an insult - I bet most wouldn't want to visit here, but we can have their trash! I think their trash is mostly being dumped in private landfills that have been converted from strip mines, BUT STILL - their garbage & HAZARDOUS WASTE is here in our state. You can read more at this website: http://www.rachel.org/files/rachel/Rachels_Environment_Health_News_1080.pdf - "THE NEW URBAN GARBAGE SOLUTION: DUMP IT IN POORER, RURAL AREAS THAT FAIL TO PROTECT THEMSELVES" We're not the only state that accepts garbage from other states, but that still doesn't make it right. I agree let each state deal with it's own garbage. Here's one idea for them: http://www.kentuckyliving.com/article.asp?articleid=1007&issueid=207 - "with modern engineering, the waste in landfills can be used to generate electricity" There ya go Jersey! Ever try RECYCLING?
Posted by: Mom Location: KY on Jan 7, 2009 at 01:35 PM
How can there be a conflict as to whether the baby was born alive or stillborn? Did the baby stay in the room with the mother until it died or was it taken away from her? Also, if a family member watched the baby being placed in the morgue, where did the body go and who in their right mind would put it in the trash??? Sounds like there is way more to this story than what has been told. If I were the mother, I would question whether the baby was really dead or not and if someone has taken him. My thoughts and prayers are with the mother and the family. I also would like to know why trash from New Jersey is being brought into KY. We have heard that KY dumps are near capacity and are looking for alternate places to ship our waste. Guess now we know why ours are full!!
Posted by: tracy Location: ky on Jan 7, 2009 at 01:15 PM
THIS IS SO ALWFUL,i am so sorry for this family, i pray you can somehow be able to move on after such a terriabl thing was done to you and your family.bless you all.
Posted by: Sharon Location: Kentucky on Jan 7, 2009 at 12:53 PM
My Prayers & heart felt sympathy goes to the Mother of the little newborn baby. GOODNESS!! What on earth type of facility is that hospital running? Yes, Everyone is human and mistakes/accidents happen, But People we're talking about a Human Life regardless of how long he lived, He was still a Human Being America throws their unborn into the trash Usually calling it abortion Saying theyre not a person inside the womb This Nation has professed themselves to be wise & have become FOOLS Can they not look at unborn baby chicks & tell what they are? The same goes for an unborn baby that is referred to as a fetus These little ones are Human Beings!! Wake Up America Again My Condolences to this Mother during her sad time of grief. I pray they find your baby's body very soon so you can lay him to rest. Take care.
Posted by: Kim Location: Hazard on Jan 7, 2009 at 12:48 PM
I feel so bad for the family. They have to be devistated. I can't imagine. They have been through enough. I pray they find the baby soon, so that the body can be laid to rest properly. My prayers are with them. Baby Bashere will always be young and beautiful and be with the angels.
Posted by: Crystal Location: Lex on Jan 7, 2009 at 12:46 PM
OMG! This is terrible! I can't imagine what that poor mother and her family are going through. Even worse is the fact that the baby's body was put in the trash! I don't like to hear about lawsuits all of the time. However, I feel this is one instance where a lawsuit is justified. I would definitely sue the hospital!
Posted by: Gordon Location: Freeman on Jan 7, 2009 at 12:35 PM
Why is New Jersey's trash being dumped in Ashland, Kentucky? Keep New Jersey's trash inside New Jersey.
Posted by: amber Location: ky on Jan 7, 2009 at 12:30 PM
this is so sad i cant believe it! i feel sorry for the family
Posted by: Freda Location: Lexington ky on Jan 7, 2009 at 12:13 PM
I hope the body of this baby is recovered and that the Hospital is sued for this. But Why Is NEW JERSEY trash being dumped in Ky and is there more that we haven't heard about?
Posted by: VIEWER Location: KY on Jan 7, 2009 at 12:10 PM
HOW CAN A HOSPITAL BE SO CARELESS I FEEL SO SORRY FOR THE MOTHER YOU WILL BE IN MY PRAYERS
Posted by: Melinda Location: Kentucky on Jan 7, 2009 at 12:06 PM
So Sorry to hear about your baby. god bless you and your family
Posted by: JIMBO Location: KY on Jan 7, 2009 at 12:03 PM
Are you kidding me? Lost a baby? I hope you sue there faces off thats awful
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