Christmas Horror: 7-Month-Old Fetus Found in Gift Box Under Christmas Tree in Texas

By: Edecio Martinez
Topics: Daily Blotter

(CBS)

SAN JUAN, Texas (CBS/AP) Police in south Texas found a horror under the Christmas tree of Ruby Lee Medina and Javier Gonzalez - the remains of an aborted 7-month-old fetus stuffed neatly inside a gift box.

Medina, 31, and Gonzalez, 37, of Mission, have been charged with abuse of a corpse and tampering with evidence.

Police found the fetus inside the woman's trailer home Thursday after getting an anonymous tip, according to San Juan Police Chief Juan Gonzalez.

Autopsy results are pending, but Gonzalez said police believe the woman used pills to induce an abortion last Thursday, then called an ambulance after she began bleeding and told doctors she did not know where the fetus was.

The police chief said the couple tried to flush the fetus down the toilet, but failed to do so.

"Apparently they cleaned up the fetus and they placed it inside a gift box under the Christmas tree," the police chief said.

Bond for Medina and Gonzalez was set Monday at $20,000.

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by msay3 December 16, 2009 9:36 AM EST

Those two are as sick as they come!

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by JoeWoodard December 16, 2009 6:39 PM EST: Most people would agree that it's sick. Is it wrong? Is it "bad"?


by ffoulkes-2009 December 16, 2009 6:58 AM EST: Um...man...can't think of anything to say but..wow.; Reply to this comment


by jinks_smith December 16, 2009 4:05 AM EST: totaly inhuman! I wonder if the woman who did this could still catch a sleep. Im angry.. Grrrrrrr! so sad :(; Reply to this comment


by JoeWoodard December 16, 2009 1:46 AM EST: nomealaska,
It sounds like you're saying it's weird, and maybe gross, but not "wrong".
I'm curious...would it have been wrong if they had cut off the fetus's head, or just gross?
(btw, decapitation occurs regularly during common types of abortion procedures.)
Thanks for your thoughts.; Reply to this comment


by womanofinsight December 15, 2009 6:55 PM EST: So nomealaska, when you grew in your mother's womb...you weren't "ALIVE?"

Oh, I get it, we're to understand your life was different. So, if someone had set out to kill you while you still unborn, somehow that would have been a different story. Of course, it's the other preborn children who're worthless, nonhuman and have no value in your eyes, that is, unless you, like a Queen, grant it to them. My oh my, what's it like to be the judge of who's worthy to live? What an awesome and brilliant mind you must have to do this. Be careful about excluding other members of our human family because you may find yourself judged as harshly yourself. You know what they say, what goes around comes around. Compassion to these little ones could possibly end up benefiting you. Frankly, it's a more just and humane way to, well, live. Yes, I said "LIVE." That's a good thing. That's what you and I did as we grew in the womb (something that only living things can do, by the way) as we awaited our respective birthdates.; Reply to this comment


by skeezix06 December 15, 2009 5:37 PM EST: Putting it in a box under the christmas tree; that's creepy.

Thinking that pregnancy crisis centers will enable one to not be responsible for children who don't have enough to eat, parents who are drug addicted or alcoholic, a childhood of abuse... That's creepy too.; Reply to this comment


by rematenaj December 15, 2009 2:54 PM EST: nomealaska, a 7-month fetus could live. This is way beyond "weird"!; Reply to this comment


by staycalm December 15, 2009 2:18 PM EST: Did they think it was a joke? Has human life been reduced to this?; Reply to this comment


by nomealaska December 15, 2009 2:13 PM EST: While there is no problem with this woman inducing an abortion, but why didn't they dispose of it. Putting it under the tree like that is a little weird.; Reply to this comment

by Empire-George December 15, 2009 1:47 PM EST

What is the problem, after all, it's just a choice.....the woman's right to choose what she wants to do with "her body"

(being sarcastic of course)......this is the result of such callousness about human life

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by nomealaska December 15, 2009 2:15 PM EST: Fetuses are not people. They cannot live outside the body without the assistance of machines. These people are weird, but only about what they did with the aborted fetus.


by MPHgrad December 15, 2009 2:52 PM EST: I agree with you Empire-George. Women want it both ways. Ironic these same women for whom a fetus is not a baby conveniently consider it a baby when they choose to keep it. No "fetus showers" are held. These are sick people.


by voxpopulus December 15, 2009 10:59 PM EST: "They cannot live outside the body without the assistance of machines. " So anyone who can only survive with the assistance of machines is fair game? Did you tell that to Christopher Reeves' family? Or Stephen Hawking's?


by linfinster December 16, 2009 12:52 AM EST: The choice was made when she got pregnant which, in the majority of ALL abortions done around here in the USofA, is a choice to sleep with someone despite the risks. We have a world where sexual freedom has it's major drawbacks, including pro creation of unwanted children.

... and nomealaska, this was a 7 month "fetus" "baby." Why don't you go look at pictures of what one looks like. You can still have your opinion about what constitutes protection, but you can't say a 7 month old fetus is just unwanted issue.

And MPHgrad, you make a good point! Baby Showers.