Images: Tiny caskets for abandoned babies
Arlington Heights funeral home helps Illinois charity bury abandoned babies
More than a year after he was found dead in a plastic shopping bag, a newborn boy was laid to rest in a tiny white casket, covered with blue and white flowers.
Police officers, including one who had investigated his death in April 2014, served as pallbearers carrying the casket for burial at All Saints Cemetery in Des Plaines. Prosecutors charged the baby's teenage mother, Ana Rosa Mora of Chicago, with murder.
Rest in His Arms founder Susan Walker, right, helps the grandparents of an abandoned newborn boy shovel some dirt onto his grave during a burial service last month at All Saints Cemetery in Des Plaines.
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The grandmother of baby Angel Antonio, second from left, is comforted during a burial service last month at All Saints Cemetery in Des Plaines.
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Rest in His Arms founder Susan Walker, left, comforts the grandmother of an abandoned newborn boy at a burial service at All Saints Cemetery in Des Plaines.
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Workers shovel dirt on to the casket of an abandoned newborn baby boy during a burial service at All Saints Cemetery in Des Plaines.
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Rest in His Arms founder Susan Walker, right, and the grandparents of an abandoned newborn boy attend a burial service at All Saints Cemetery in Des Plaines.
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Suzy Matusiewicz sits beside the flowers covering the grave of an abandoned newborn baby boy during a burial service at All Saints Cemetery in Des Plaines.
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Workers prepare to move the casket of an abandoned newborn baby boy for burial at All Saints Cemetery in Des Plaines.
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Rest in His Arms founder Susan Walker, right, helps the grandparents of an abandoned newborn boy visit his casket during a burial service at All Saints Cemetery in Des Plaines.
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John Glueckert, director of Glueckert Funeral Home in Arlington Heights, leaves a room where the remains of an abandoned baby were kept in preparation for the funeral.
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Chicago police officers are pallbearers for an abandoned newborn baby boy during a funeral mass at St. Hyacinth Basilica in Chicago.
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Funeral Directors John Glueckert, left, and David Blessman of Glueckert Funeral Home in Arlington Heights, move the casket containing the remains of an abandoned newborn baby from the chapel.
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Funeral Director John Glueckert of Glueckert Funeral Home in Arlington Heights lifts the casket containing the remains of an abandoned newborn baby onto a table in preparation for funeral and burial services.
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Funeral Director John Glueckert of Glueckert Funeral Home in Arlington Heights carries a bassinet to the hearse as he prepares to go to the Cook County Medical Examiner's officers to claim the remains of an abandoned baby.
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Mourners attend the funeral mass for an abandoned newborn baby boy at St. Hyacinth Basilica in Chicago.
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A casket containing the remains of an abandoned newborn baby is seen in a chapel at Glueckert Funeral Home in Arlington Heights in preparation for funeral and burial services.
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A teddy bear sits on a table next to the casket containing the remains of an abandoned newborn baby in preparation for funeral and burial services at Glueckert Funeral Home in Arlington Heights.
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The grandmother of Angel Antonio cries on his casket.
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Chicago police officers are pallbearers for an abandoned newborn baby boy as they arrive for a funeral mass at St. Hyacinth Basilica in Chicago.
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The Rev. Steve Bartczyszyn performs a funeral mass for an abandoned newborn baby as Rest in His Arms founder Susan Walker, left, and Chicago police officer Dan Mieszcak look on at St. Hyacinth Basilica in Chicago.
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An abandoned baby was found on the 2700 block of North Hamlin Street in Chicago. The baby's teen mother is charged with murder.
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Funeral Director John Glueckert of Glueckert Funeral Home in Arlington Heights removes the remains of an abandoned baby from a hearse that were claimed from the Cook County medical examiner's office.
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A burial garment made for an abandoned baby is seen at Glueckert Funeral Home in Arlington Heights.
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