Overview
- Schram was arrested on December 3 in Bellingham, Washington, waived extradition, posted a $250,000 cash bond, and was arraigned in Lake County, where she entered a not guilty plea.
- She is charged with two counts of concealment of death, abuse of a corpse, and failure to report the death or disappearance of a child under 13, all Class 4 felonies.
- Authorities say DNA profiling by the FBI and items found in the suitcase link the remains to Schram, who is presumed to be the infant’s mother.
- The newborn’s skeletal remains were discovered on May 5, 2020, inside a suitcase on a property in the 1800 block of Robinwood Lane by a Lake County water-department crew.
- Detectives describe an active investigation with unresolved questions about how long the remains were in the suitcase and whether the infant was born alive, and they say additional charges or suspects are possible.