In October 2014, employees at a Winnipeg storage facility made a discovery that would shock the entire country. Inside a rented locker were plastic bins. Inside those bins were the remains of multiple newborn babies.

The renter of that locker was Andrea Giesbrecht.

At first, investigators believed they were dealing with one infant. But as the case unfolded, they uncovered the remains of six newborn babies, all linked to Giesbrecht through DNA evidence. Authorities determined the infants had been born alive.

How did a woman conceal multiple pregnancies over the span of years without detection? And how did six newborns end up hidden in storage containers?

In this episode of Verona Investigates: Women Who Kill, we examine:
• Andrea Giesbrecht’s background and early life
• How she concealed repeated pregnancies
• The disturbing discovery inside the storage unit
• Forensic findings and DNA evidence
• The trial, conviction, appeal, and sentence
• The broader issue of concealed pregnancies and neonaticide in Canada

In 2017, Andrea Giesbrecht was convicted of second-degree murder in the deaths of two of the infants and manslaughter in the deaths of the other four. However, in 2019, the Manitoba Court of Appeal overturned the murder convictions and substituted manslaughter convictions on all counts, reducing her sentence.

The case remains one of the most disturbing examples of concealed birth and infant death in Canadian history.

🕯️ How can six pregnancies remain a secret — and six lives end without anyone knowing?

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