LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A Kentucky woman was charged with fetal homicide after Kentucky State Police said she ordered abortion medication online and buried the baby in her backyard.
Melinda Spencer, 35, of Campton, Kentucky, was arrested on New Year's Eve, KSP said, after troopers were contacted by a clinic in Campton. Workers there said a woman came in and told them she aborted a pregnancy at her home.
Troopers began investigating and interviewed Spencer, who admitted she'd ordered the medication online, resulting in the death of "a developed male infant." Spencer then told troopers she buried him in a shallow grave on her property, KSP said. The news release did not indicate how far along Spencer was in the pregnancy.
KSP found the grave and arrested Spencer, charging her with fetal homicide, abuse of corpse and tampering with physical evidence. She's being held at the Three Forks Regional Jail in Beattyville.
Kentucky's near-total abortion ban has been in place since a so-called trigger law took effect when the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022.
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