Parents claimed mom had miscarriage before cops found baby dead 'over an embankment' outside their home: Police

A Kentucky parent and her hubby are accused of sidesplitting their baby aft the pistillate allegedly claimed to endure a miscarriage soon earlier authorities discovered the infant's assemblage extracurricular the couple's home.

Deeann Bennett and Charles Bennett were taken into custody this week — much than a twelvemonth aft the child's assemblage was discovered — and charged with 1 number each of reckless homicide and concealing the commencement of an infant, authorities announced. Deeann Bennett is besides facing further counts of tampering with carnal grounds and maltreatment of a corpse.

According to a news release from the Kentucky State Police, the probe into the mates began connected Friday, Nov. 29, 2024. The authorities police's Post 7 portion successful Richmond responded to a 911 telephone astatine astir 10:30 a.m. regarding a pistillate who reported suffering a "possible miscarriage." The woman, aboriginal identified arsenic Deeann Bennett, was transported to a section infirmary for treatment.

Police said that portion they were astatine the hospital, the mates "informed authorities that the babe remained astatine their residence" which is connected Lewis Lane successful Booneville, Kentucky, astir 150 miles southeast of Louisville.

"Troopers and detectives responded to the residence, wherever they located an unresponsive babe implicit an embankment extracurricular the home," KSP Post 7 Public Affairs Officer Justin Kearney wrote successful the release. "Owsley County Coroner Rob Morgan pronounced the babe deceased astatine the scene."

Authorities transported the infant's assemblage to the Kentucky State Medical Examiner's Office successful Frankfort, Kentucky, for an autopsy to find the mode and origin of the victim's death. Those results person not been publically released.

The Bennetts are some being held successful detention astatine the Three Forks Jail without bond. They are presently scheduled to look successful tribunal for their arraignments connected the greeting of March 2, records show.