Chesterfield woman charged with aborting 3rd trimester baby found buried in her backyard

A Chesterfield County woman has been charged with aborting a late-term baby she was carrying whose remains were later discovered buried in the backyard of her home.

A Chesterfield grand jury on March 20 indicted Michelle Frances Roberts, 43, on a charge of producing an abortion or miscarriage "with intent to destroy her unborn child," a class 4 felony.

Chesterfield police said they received information in February 2016 that human skeletal remains were buried in the backyard of an address at 6219 Philbrook Road in the county's Meadowbrook area. Investigators contacted Roberts, a resident of that address, and she advised that the remains were in fact buried in the backyard of a home there.

Investigators obtained a search warrant, and further investigation revealed that the remains had been disposed of about five to six months earlier. Forensic investigators were called to excavate a small area where fetal remains were located, police said.

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