WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (AP) — A Lycoming County woman who police say drove around with her newborn daughter’s body has been jailed on abuse of a corpse and other charges. Old Lycoming Township police say 37-year-old Chesney Anne Wheeler gave birth at home near Williamsport on April 12, then kept the child’s body in a cardboard box in her car until it was found the next day outside a hospital.
Police say Wheeler told them she drove to an out-of-town hospital because she feared doctors would find out she had used crack cocaine and heroin the night before her daughter was born 2 ½ months premature. Police say an autopsy couldn’t determine if the baby was born alive. Online court records don’t list an attorney for Wheeler. She remained jailed Wednesday and faces a May 10 preliminary hearing.
