and relied heavily on Facebook messages Meta had turned over to the police in which the two discussed ending the teenager’s pregnancy with abortion pills. It’s a scenario that advocates have long feared, in which social-media activity or other personal data are used to prosecute those seeking abortion care and the people who help them.
A Norfolk police detective had received a tip in April 2022 that Celeste had a stillbirth and that her mother helped her secretly bury the fetus, according to a search-warrant affidavit. Court documents show the detective went on to obtain Celeste’s medical records and determined she had been around 28 weeks pregnant at the time.
According to the affidavit obtained by the Cut, the teen told police in an interview that she unexpectedly had a stillborn baby in the shower during the early hours of April 22, woke up her mother, and then drove north of town with her to bury the body. They had the help of a 22-year-old identified in court records as Tanner Barnhill, who told police the Burgesses had attempted to burn the body before burying it. An autopsy later confirmed the stillbirth.
A friend of Celeste’s then contacted the Madison County attorney’s office to say she had witnessed the teen “take the first of the two pills meant to cause a miscarriage,” according to the affidavit. She added that the Burgesses had several computers at their residence. The detective served a search warrant to Meta and obtained the women’s Facebook chat history.
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