HILLIARD, Ohio — A newborn infant is dead after he was found inside a vehicle in a Hilliard neighborhood Wednesday morning, according to the Hilliard Division of Police.
Officers were called to a home in the 4400 block of Paxton Drive South around 8:50 a.m. Shortly before officers arrived, medics with the Norwich Township Fire Department responded to a medical emergency at the home and found evidence that a child was recently born.
After searching the area, arriving officers found the baby inside a vehicle parked in the backyard and quickly performed CPR.
The infant was taken to Nationwide Children’s Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
A woman, later identified as 36-year-old Basma Alkelezli, was also taken to a hospital.
Hilliard police said an autopsy will be conducted to determine how the infant died.
In court records released Friday, it was revealed that Alkelezli and her 19-year-old daughter Hanan Al Jabouli have been charged with abuse of a corpse.
Records state that Alkelezli knowingly placed her newborn baby boy into a plastic trash bag and instructed Al Jabouli to dispose of the baby. Al Jabouli took the plastic bag with the baby in it and placed it into a five-gallon bucket.
Al Jabouli then allegedly carried the bucket, containing the baby, and placed it into the trunk of a vehicle.
This continues to be a very active investigation and additional charges are possible.
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