LAKE ARIEL, Pennsylvania (AP) — A U.S. man is accused of fatally striking his newborn with a cinderblock twice because he and his girlfriend couldn't afford a second child.
The parents of the man, Christopher Fitzpatrick, told investigators their son had admitted killing the girl May 28 and burying her near the landscaping business where he worked.
Detectives visited the home of Fitzpatrick's parents last week seeking his girlfriend, Jennifer Barrise, 28, on a domestic relations warrant, according to arrest papers.
Fitzpatrick's parents told investigators their daughter was with their son and his girlfriend when Barrise gave birth in a car. Fitzpatrick dropped them off at the couple's home, then left with the apparently healthy baby, a police affidavit said.
Investigators said the girl told her parents about the baby and when they confronted their son, he claimed to have dropped off it off at a hospital. But he later admitted killing the baby, police said.
Fitzpatrick, 20, subsequently led police to the baby's body, telling them he decided to kill it because the couple already had a 1-year-old child and couldn't afford another baby, according to police.
Fitzpatrick and Barrise were arrested Friday. They are both charged with criminal homicide and concealing the death of a child. Fitzpatrick is also charged with abuse of a corpse. Online court records do not list an attorney for either of them.
Preliminary hearings were scheduled for Wednesday.
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