THE SEARCH FOR ANSWERS
AFTER AN INCIDENT IN A SCHOOL
BATHROOM.
WE TALKED TO THE PASADENA
I.S.D. OFFICIALS THAT TELL US
THE FETUS WAS FOUND AT SOUTH
HOUSTON HIGH SCHOOL.
THAT IS WHERE WE FIND PHIL
ARCHER LIVE WITH THE LATEST.
THAT IS RIGHT.
SCHOOL POLICE ARE
INVESTIGATING, ALONG WITH THE
COUNTY MEDICAL EXAMINER.
WITHIN A FEW HOURS OF THAT
DISCOVERY SCHOOL POLICE MANAGED
TO TRACK DOWN THE TEENAGE
MOTHER, A STUDENT.
THEY FOUND HER AT HER PARENT'S
HOME.
SHE IS GETTING MEDICAL
TREATMENT.
AT LAST CHECK THEY WERE WAITING
TO INTERVIEW HER.
A JANITOR FOUND THE FETUS
AROUND 9 P.M. IN A GIRL'S
BATHROOM.
SHE CALLED POLICE.
OFFICIALS HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO
SAY IF IT APPEARED TO BE
FULL-TERM.
WE WERE NOT ABLE TO TERM IT
AT THE SCENE, WHAT THE
GESTATIONAL AGE MAY HAVE BEEN
OF THAT CHILD THAT. WILL COME
TO THE MEDICAL EXAMINER'S
OFFICE.
Reporter: PASADENA I.S.D.
POLICE BEGAN SEARCHING FOR THE
MOTHER AND IDENTIFIED HER
THROUGH SECURITY CAMERA VIDEO.
THEY CONTACTED HER PARENTS.
THE GIRL WAS TAKEN TO A
HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT.
IT IS VERY, VERY SAD.
NONE OF US KNOW THE
CIRCUMSTANCES AROUND WHAT
HAPPENED.
OFFICIALS AREN'T RELEASING
HER AGE OR NAME.
AN AUTOPSY IS BEING CONDUCTED,
WHICH WILL DETERMINE IF
CRIMINAL CHARGES ARE FILED.
RUMORS, THE FIRST THING MOST
STUDENTS HEARD THIS MORNING
WHEN THEY ARRIVED FOR CLASS.
IT IS SAD THAT HAD TO HAPPEN.
ESPECIALLY IN OUR SCHOOL.
AROUND 1:00 THE SCHOOL SENT
OUT AUTOMATED CALLS BUT BY THAT
TIME JOANNE KIPLEY HAD SEEN IT
ON FACEBOOK.
MY SON WAS BORN WHEN I WAS
YOUNG.
IT IS SCARY.
TO BE THAT YOUNG AND
PREGNANT.
TO BE ALONE.
FEEL LIKE THERE IS NO ONE THERE
FOR YOU.
SHE HAD TO BE SO SCARED AND I
JUST -- THE PAIN SHE IS GOING
TO FEEL NOW.
Reporter: SCHOOL OFFICIALS
WERE EMPHASIZING THAT KIDS WHO
HAVE PROBLEMS, LIKE A
PREGNANCY, WHO DON'T FEEL LIKE
THEY CAN GO TO THEIR PARENTS,
CAN GET HELP FROM SCHOOL
COUNSELORS OR ADMINISTRATORS.
ALSO THE MEDICAL EXAMINER
SCHEDULED THAT AUTOPSY THIS
AFTERNOON.
WE MAY BE GETTING MORE DETAILS
SHORTLY.
