While a pediatrician claims that the drugs a Connecticut drug addict hid in her vagina probably did not contribute to the woman's baby's death, we have to say that, directly or not, they were at least part of the reason...
Police seized a glass stem used for smoking crack cocaine, and a kitchen knife in the driver's side door pocket, according to police reports. A plastic bag allegedly containing 14 Ecstasy pills was found in her vagina, police said.
Keller is scheduled to appear in Bantam Superior Court on Sept. 19 to face charges of possession of narcotics, sale of hallucinogens, possession of drug paraphernalia near a school, possession of narcotics near a school, two counts of illegal possession of a weapon in a motor vehicle, interfering with an investigation and tampering with evidence. [We're not pro-life, but probably would support a charge of "endangering the welfare of a child" or some sort of fetal-related charge, no?]
Regarding the death of her baby, Torrington Police said an extensive investigation would have to made before a decision was made about whether to file additional charges.
According to Michael Curi, M.D, who specializes in pediatrics, it is unlikely the 14 Ecstasy pills found inside Keller's vagina contributed to the child's death, since they were wrapped inside a plastic bag. "If it was in a plastic bag, it would probably decrease the absorption pretty quickly," Curi said.
All due respect, please... let's have an investigation before a guy who wasn't even there, a guy who figures that a thin plastic bag is the unstoppable force preventing digestible drugs from seeping into a woman's vagina, has the final say. Seriously, not that we want the baby to have died as a result of all that ecstasy, just that we want to hear it from the coroner, the police, or, you know, someone with access to the actual examination to tell us first...
PS Sorry, Dr. Curi, it's really not your fault. We're just venting at you when we should be organizing an internet lynch mob against Heidi Keller, who caused a baby's death, no matter how you look at it....
Via The Register-Citizen.