1. Child Abandonment
... by fear of how their parents, boyfriends or husbands will react, a fear so compelling, experts say, that abandonment appears to be the only feasible option. Some have been victims of rape or domestic violence. Many are children themselves in profound denial, causing them to put off confiding in anyone until it is too late, and then to discard the infant, as ... a courthouse toilet in Nassau County, N.Y. Within a month of the grim discovery, another infant found dead, wrapped in a plastic bag. Then another, tossed in a recycling bin. And another, dug up by a dog in a backyard grave." The...
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