Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The (GA)

July 21, 2004
Section: Metro News
Edition: Home; The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Page: D1

Autopsy: Twins alive at birth
   CHARLES YOO

Staff

Premature twins found dead in East Point inside a toilet were born alive, according to the Fulton County medical examiner's office.

Authorities spent the past two weeks trying to determine whether the girls were stillborn. "They are homicides," said Associate Medical Examiner Michele Stauffenberg, who led the investigation.

East Point police have charged the twins' mother, 25-year-old Alainer Warren, with two counts of murder. Police say Warren gave birth after waking up to use the toilet in the early hours of June 29, but closed the lid and left the babies inside while trying to wake up others in the house.

Now, Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard's office will decide whether to seek an indictment against Warren, who is from Poughkeepsie, N.Y. The district attorney's office will review the autopsy report and decide on the charges, said Lyn Vaughn, spokeswoman for the office.

Warren could not be reached for comment.

She spent 12 days in the Fulton County Jail but was released July 11 on a signature bond. She initially said she did not know she was pregnant. Later, however, she told police she had suspected she was and had talked with her boyfriend about a possible abortion. She was 27 weeks pregnant when she gave birth.

Warren has a 6-year-old daughter living in upstate New York. She gave up another child for adoption in recent years, said Detective Robert Gray of the East Point Police Department.
Photo: Alainer Warren's newborn twins were found dead in a toilet in East Point.

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