A Nebraska mother will spend two years in prison after giving her teenage daughter the abortion pill, then helping destroy the fetus.
Jessica Burgess, 42, pleaded guilty in July to several charges, including tampering with a human corpse, making a false report and providing an abortion after at least 20 weeks of pregnancy.
Burgess’ then 17-year-old daughter was in her third trimester at the time.
Jessica Burgess, 42, is led out of a Nebraska courtroom after being sentenced to two years in prison for giving her daughter abortion pills and helping hide the fetus’s remains.AP
Jessica Burgess, 42, of Norfolk, Nebraska, was sentenced to two years in prison for giving her teenage daughter abortion pills and helping to hide the remains of the fetus.
Now 19, Celeste Burgess will also serve prison time, having been sentenced in July to 90 days in jail and two years of probation for burning, and burying, the fetus.
The mother, who lives in Norfolk, Neb., about two hours northwest of Omaha, ordered the abortion pill online and gave it to her daughter in the spring of 2022, officials said.
Norfolk authorities said the woman discussed terminating the pregnancy, and destroying evidence, in Facebook messages. Authorities obtained a search warrant to access their exchange after someone tipped them off, then police found the remains of the fetus buried in a field in north Norfolk.
Celeste Burgess, now 19, was in her third trimester when her pregnancy was terminated.KMTV
In one of the Facebook messages, Jessica Burgess instructed her daughter on how to take the pill to end the pregnancy, according to court records. In another, Celeste Burgess wrote, “I’m finally going to be able to wear jeans.”
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