Dave Joseph was sleeping when he was awakened by his mother-in-law. She told him a car was on fire outside their home in Pemberton, New Jersey. Joseph looked into the darkness, and saw what he thought was a brushfire in front of a parked car. Then he saw a young woman.Rico says he's sure there's more to this story, but if you ever needed a reason for legalized abortion, there's one... (And Hyphernkemberly Dorvilier is her real name, apparently; being saddled with that all her life surely didn't help...)
As Joseph approached, the woman said she was burning a pile of dog feces. When he ordered her to stop and leave, she poured water from a plastic bottle on the pile.
That's when Joseph's wife, standing behind him, heard a baby cry. And Joseph discovered one of the most disturbing sights he has ever seen: an infant on fire. "It's one of those things you never want to see," he said.
The baby was airlifted to St. Christopher's Hospital for Children in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, but died hours later.
Burlington County authorities charged the baby's mother, Hyphernkemberly Dorvilier (photo), with murdering her newborn daughter. They said the infant, with her umbilical cord still attached, had been doused with an accelerant before she was set on fire.
Dorvilier, 22, of Pemberton Township, was jailed, with bail set at a half million dollars.
The wailing ambulances and fire trucks racing down Simontown Road woke many neighbors, who are used to a safe and quiet neighborhood. The next day, they were in shock. "There are just no words," said Pam Gregory, who lives on the street. She said the area was tight-knit, with many lifelong and related residents. But none of them knew of Dorvilier.
Neither did some of Dorvilier's own neighbors, about two miles away. Residents there and a law enforcement source said the woman lived with her parents and a younger sibling in a split-level house on the 200 block of Rutgers Street. There was no answer at the door Saturday.
"It's a shock," neighbor Selena Middleton said. "You just can't imagine." She said most people in the neighborhood, which has a more suburban feel than the rural patch where the baby was found, just "come and go." She didn't recognize Dorvilier's picture, but said she knew there was a mother and two sisters who lived in the house who did not interact with many other neighbors.
"It's too close to home," said Antwan Elmora, another neighbor who said he didn't know Dorvilier. "From someone who has kids, I can't understand who would do that."
Neither could Joseph, who said he tackled Dorvilier on Friday night to make sure she didn't flee, while his wife and sister called 911.
On Saturday afternoon, all that remained of the crime scene was a black stain about the length of a ruler. As he stood nearby, Joseph recounted the night, but was reluctant to say too much about the woman, except that "she knew what she was doing".
Burlington County Medical Examiner Ian Hood was to conduct an autopsy.
18 January 2015
Murder in newborn's fiery death
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