NEWS RELEASE

                    OCEAN CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT

                    OCEAN CITY, MARYLAND 21842

 

                          410-723-6610                General Police Information

                                                                                                                  

                                                                                                                                                           

O.C. WOMAN CHARGED WITH KILLING HER UNBORN CHILD

 

Ocean City Detectives were contacted by the Dept. of Social Services yesterday regarding a woman who was hospitalized at Peninsula Regional Medical Center.

 

Christy Freeman, 37, was admitted to the hospital around 4:25 a.m. Thursday.  Upon examination, medical personnel determined she was pregnant, but the child was missing.

 

After interviewing Freeman, officers obtained a search and seizure warrant for her Ocean City residence at 209 Sunset Drive.  Around 9:55 p.m., detectives discovered a small infant wrapped in a blanket in the apartment.  The child was not alive.  The infant was transported to the Medical Examiner’s Office in Baltimore to determine the cause of death.

 

Freeman was initially taken to Atlantic General Hospital in Berlin by Ocean City EMS, then transferred to PRMC.

 

After conferring with Worcester County State’s Attorney Joel Todd, Freeman was charged with 1st degree Murder, 2nd  degree Murder, and manslaughter.  The case is expected to be referred to the Grand Jury for a formal indictment.

 

Freeman lives at her residence with a boyfriend and her four other children.  

 

This investigation is in its early stages and we will be able to provide more information later today.  Freeman is expected to be released from the hospital later today and remain in police custody pending an initial appearance before a District Court Commissioner.

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July 27, 2007     12:55 p.m.            2007005495                           PFC Barry Neeb