Woman Charged After 5 Infant Skeletons Found in Closet

[HipChick]

http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-infant-skeletons,0,2469956.story

A woman who conceived several children through an affair with a man unaware of her pregnancies was charged Monday with homicide after tests on remains found in coolers or encased in concrete showed at least four infants were born alive but killed, authorities said.

Michele Kalina, 44, of Reading, kept the remains in her closet until her husband and daughter found them in July, authorities said Monday.

Kalina, a nurse's aide, also bore a daughter from the same affair in 2003 but gave the baby up for adoption, authorities said.

She and her husband have a teenage daughter and had a 13-year-old son who died in 2000 after a long illness.

The husband and daughter found five sets of infant remains in a closet this summer in coolers, one of which was filled with cured cement, police said.

At least four of the babies were born at or near term, then killed in a manner consistent with asphyxia, poisoning or neglect, authorities determined.

[teenagebambam]

1. As horrifying as this already is...

....she was pregnant FIVE TIMES and the husband AND lover didn't notice? Something doesn't add up.

[Tumbulu]

2. yes, my goodness, you have a point (nt)

[jobycom]

4. It says she was a nurse's aid who claimed she had fallopian cysts

and that she had them drained at the hospital when she got them. If she was overweight, it might not have shown too much. The story says her husband suspected once she was pregnant, and her boyfriend asked her about her abdomen swelling, so she created the story about cysts. Being a nurse's aide, she could probably be convincing about it.

Think about it, though. That's just not something you'd expect a wife or lover to be doing. You'd think "Wow, she's gaining weight. I better not say anything. She almost looks pregnant, but if she was, eventually the truth will come out, so to speak." You're not likely to think "Yeah, I'll bet the woman I love and the mother of my child is cheating on me, having babies, and suffocating them in coolers in the closet."

[Brickbat]

3. I hope everyone in this sad story gets the help they clearly need.

What a mess.

[proteus_lives]

5. Damn, that's a tragedy.

This woman needs to be in a padded cell for the rest of her life.

I can't believe no one noticed.

[sensate2000]

6. Was four infant skeletons the legal limit?

[alittlelark]

7. Kinda nasty and sick in a twisted way.

.....just sayin'

[Jamastiene]

9. No.

One infant skeleton is the legal limit.

[flvegan]

8. Bloody nora.

What a horrible story. God bless.

[Radical Activist]

10. I really wish I had not seen this story.