Andrea Giesbrecht trial: gruesome details of the dead babies revealed

WINNIPEG – Gruesome details of the dead babies discovered on October 20, 2014 were revealed in day two of Andrea Giesbrecht’s trial.

The 42-year-old Winnipeg woman is facing six charges of concealing a child’s body in a storage locker on McPhillips Street.

One of the officers who found the bodies, Constable Danielle Aessie, took the stand on Tuesday with details so disturbing, even the judge looked uneasy.

“Once I opened the bag, a small hand was apparent and a small head,” Aessie said. “At this point we thought we were dealing with remains, baby remains.”

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Investigators eventually determined there were six dead bodies wrapped in bags and towels.

Autopsies at the Health Science Centre on October 21 showed the first baby found was a boy.

Inside the bag with him were items including three tiny toy cars, socks, Scooby-Doo underwear and a beaded necklace.

There was also a bag with documents including an expired St. Johns ambulance certificate with Giesbrecht’s name on it and an envelope containing loan papers in Geibrecht’s name.

The fourth baby found was a girl. The sixth baby was “mummified” and visibly more decomposed than the others.

“”It had a very strong odour as did the other packages,” Aessie said.

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The other remains were also too damaged for gender inspection.

There is still no word on who the babies belonged to. The trial continues.