But Byrne, who once observed a gorilla carry her
dead baby around for 3 days in the mountains of Rwanda, points out that hospitals and doctors are increasingly giving the parents of a deceased infant the option of remaining with the body of their
child for hours
or even days before giving it up for burial, as a way of aiding the grieving process.
Ivana Levkovic was charged under Section 243 of the Criminal Code with concealing the
dead body of a
child, after the remains of a newborn
baby (allegedly «at
or near full term») was found in her vacated apartment.