Winnipeg, Canada – Andrea Giesbrecht, AKA Andrea Naworynski,
a 40-year-old married woman, was arrested Oct. 20, 2014 and charged with six
counts of concealing bodies of six newborn infants. The corpses were discovered
October 20 by U-Haul employees when emptying a storage unit after Giesbrecht
failed to make payments. Police initially believed there were three or four
bodies found in various states of decomposition and preserved in a liquid;
later raised the total to six.
Giesbrecht held business administration diploma and over the
previous decade and worked for private business and social service
organizations. Recently she volunteered at Siloam Mission. She has two teenage
sons, aged 12 and 16. For over a decade she had been a chronic gambler and her
losses had frequently been the source of tension between Andrea and her
husband.
On July 14, 2017 Andrea Giesbrecht was sentenced to 8½ years
in prison for concealing the remains of six infants. Due to the decomposed
state of the remains could not be determined what the condition of their birth
and demise had been. At the sentencing hearing.Judge Murray Thompson said
“Giesbrecht's moral culpability is extremely high.”
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Andrea Giesbrecht: HISTORY OF OTHER CRIMES:
Fraud: accused of defrauding Employment and Income
Assistance of more than $5,000 between Dec. 1, 2011, and May 1, 2012; charged
with fraud under $5,000 for allegedly defrauding Xtra Cash Ltd., a payday
advance business, in the period between Dec. 12, 2012, and March 21, 2013.
Probation violation: On Oct. 18, 2014, Giesbrecht breached a
probation order, issued on Sept. 30, 2014, not to participate in gambling.
Larceny conviction (Sep. 14, 2014): Giesbrecht was convicted
of "borrowing" $7,850 from a 73-year-old woman, then writing bad
cheques and not repaying her. She received a 2-year suspended sentenced.
Larceny (civil suit): Civil suit by another woman charges
$3,300 dept paid with bad checks.
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Sources:
[Angela Johnston, “Andrea
Giesbrecht: New details emerge about accused in dead infants case,” CBC News, Oct. 23, 2014]
, “Winnipeg woman charged with hiding six dead babies
in storage locker defrauded neighbour to pay debts,” National Post, Nov. 2, 2014]
[“Andrea Giesbrecht, accused in dead infants case, faces
more fraud charges,” CBC News, Nov.
10, 2014]
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For more cases of this type, see Serial Baby-Killer Moms.
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