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Post by Sher on May 24, 2005 13:03:28 GMT -5
HAMILTON -- A 12-year-old girl hunting for snakes discovered the burning body of a man along the CN tracks in Hamilton's north end, police say.
The body was discovered Saturday in bush beside a park frequently used by the city's homeless. Police are investigating if an assault that sent a man to hospital a few hours earlier may be connected to the gruesome discovery.
The girl was walking along the tracks around 5.45 p.m. with her brother, a friend and the friend's parent when she came upon the body. Police were hoping that an autopsy conducted Sunday would determine if the man died as a result of the fire or a previous injury.
Paul Pocevicius was in his daughter's backyard when he heard someone scream a man was on fire.
He ran across the street, peered through the chain-link fence and saw the victim a few metres away.
"He was on his back and I could see the flames," Pocevicius said. "It looked like someone had piled debris on him. There was a tire up against his torso and it was burning."
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Post by Sher on May 28, 2005 11:01:45 GMT -5
HAMILTON -- Police have arrested and charged an HIV-positive mother who allegedly failed to alert hospital staff to her condition during childbirth so they could protect the newborn from infection.
The mother faces one count each of failing to provide the necessaries of life and criminal negligence causing bodily harm. The baby has tested positive for HIV.
Hospital staff who met with the pregnant woman in early 2004 recommended the newborn baby be given the drug AZT.
But the accused stopped taking her medication during the pregnancy and delivered the baby at a different hospital, where she denied having had any prenatal care. Police said that when she was specifically asked about her medical history, she denied her HIV status.
The mother was diagnosed as HIV positive prior to the birth of her first child in 2003. She followed medical advice to ensure the safe delivery of that child, who does not have HIV.
Both children are in the care of the Catholic Children's Aid Society.
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