Interesting case, i can't work out why they think she chucked the baby off the cliff tho.
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm...endid=14485338
The mother was out on bail June 02, 2008 and pregnant. I wonder if they let her keep the child?
Few attend Abbygail hearing
Posted By Kyle Rea, TIMES-JOURNAL STAFF
http://www.stthomastimesjournal.com/...aspx?e=1389378
A preliminary hearing opened Wednesday for a St. Thomas mother charged with indignity to a human body after the disappearance of her one-month-old daughter, Abbygail.
But a case that generated plenty of public interest when it first broke in September, 2007, drew only four people to court proceedings.
Dressed in a green top with a green-and-white skirt, Sara Whittington, 33, sat quietly, taking notes and listening to testimony during her appearance in St. Thomas court. She was flanked by her two lawyers, Bill Glover and Bevan Earhart.
Justice Gregory Pockele is hearing the case.
A preliminary hearing allows both the Crown and defence to call witnesses and test the evidence in a case. At the end, the presiding judge will determine if there's enough evidence to send the case to trial.
Details of the hearing are under a court-ordered publication ban.
Only four people -- two members of the public, along with representatives from the Times-Journal and London Free Press -- attended the hearing Wednesday morning. Two people were in the public gallery for afternoon proceedings.
Abbygail was last seen with her mother on Sept. 18, 2007. Two days later, Whittington was found unconscious and in a diabetic coma in her 88 Confederation Dr. apartment. Her daughter was nowhere to be found and that immediately sparked an extensive police investigation. Abbygail's disappearance also galvanized the community which came together to search nearby neighbourhoods as well as wooded areas and fields for the infant.
Abbygail has never been found.
Whittington was subsequently arrested in May, 2008 and charged with indignity to a human body.
She was released on bail May 5 with a $25,000 surety with conditions.
The preliminary hearing is set to resume at 10 a.m. today and continue on Friday. Feb. 2 has also been set aside as a fourth day, if necessary.
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Video of her talking here http://www.atv.ca/london/news_48815.aspx