Overview
- Nicole Pokrzywa, 36, and William Cosmen, 38, were booked Saturday in Will County on desecration of a corpse and later released on a notice to appear, according to jail records.
- Deputies found the infant’s remains Friday about three feet underground on the 1900 block of Roberts Road near Wilmington inside what appeared to be an Old-Style beer box wrapped in plastic and cloth.
- Investigators say a man and a woman made incriminating statements about concealing the death after detectives secured a search warrant and detained multiple people.
- The Will County Coroner’s Office took custody of the remains, an autopsy was scheduled for Saturday, and authorities indicated further charges could follow pending results.
- Police said the suspects told detectives the baby was delivered at a residence in Manhattan, Illinois, with details including a reported attempt to dispose of the body later recounted in investigators’ notes.