Nebraska Teen Sentenced to 90 Days in Prison For Burning Baby’s Remains, With Help From Her Mother, After Illegal 29-Week Home Abortion
Celeste Burgess, 19, has been sentenced to 90 days in prison after performing an illegal 29-week abortion and burning the baby’s remains with help from her mother.
Burgess had pleaded guilty to a felony charge of removing, concealing, or abandoning a dead human body. She had been facing up to two years in prison.
Earlier this month, Jessica Burgess, 42, pleaded guilty to helping her then-17-year-old daughter destroy the body. She was also the one who obtained the abortion pills online.
OAN reports, “According to court documents filed in Nebraska’s Madison County, Burgess was sentenced to 90 days in jail and two years of probation. Under the plea agreement, misdemeanor charges of false reporting and concealing a death were dropped.”
“The Court specifically finds that while probation is appropriate,
