Trial for Mother Charged for Dead Baby in Bag

A Tullytown woman charged with concealing the death of her baby boy is headed to trial.

Lorie Bendorovich, 38, will face trial in county court in Dolyestown on charges of abuse of corpse and concealing the death of a child, both misdemeanors. She currently free on $500,000 unsecured bail.

Bendorovich waived the charges to trial before Judge Robert Wagner Jr. Wednesday morning.

According to police, once Bendorovich gave birth at 275 Lakeside Drive just hours after midnight on July 15. She determined on her own that the baby boy was dead and placed him in a black plastic bag, court documents state.  Bendorovich tied the bag and left it in a trashcan in her bedroom before going to work, police said.

District Attorney David Heckler said at a late July press conference that there is evidence that Bendorovich knew she was pregnant despite the woman’s claims telling police she was unaware of her pregnancy.

The bag with the baby’s body in it was discovered days after it was born by Bendorvich’s oldest teenage son. The 38-year-old mother did not tell anyone about the birth, police said.

An autopsy confirmed Bendorvich’s account that the baby was stillborn, citing the fact that the baby boy’s lungs appeared to never have been touched by oxygen, authorities said. The post-death examination also showed the baby was about 36-weeks to term, which is about normal.

Police found the body of the baby and a detective even felt the head and tiny fingers or toes through it, according to court papers.

Once the bag was opened, the smell of decomposition filled the room, police said.

Heckler said the baby’s suspected father had been aware the 38-year-old was pregnant and even wanted her to keep the boy. However, Bendorvich told him in late 2012 the pregnancy had been terminated, authorities said.

Authorities said Bendorvich did not specify what she intended to do with the corpse.

Bendorvich’s two teenage sons appeared to be “well-reared,” Heckler said.

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