A woman is facing charges five years after police found the body of her newborn baby in a wooded area of a suburb of Chicago.
Natalie E. Schram, formerly Natalie E. Borg, was arrested on Dec. 3 in Bellingham, Washington after she was identified as the mother of the deceased infant found in May 2020 in a wooded area in the 1800 block of Robinwood Lane in Riverwoods.
Schram is facing charges of abuse of corpse, failure to report the death or disappearance of a child under 13 and two counts of concealment of death — all Class 4 Felonies.
Schram, a previous resident of Riverwoods, pled not guilty at her arraignment hearing Thursday. She was released on a $250,000 bond from Watcom County Jail in Washington on Dec. 4 after agreed to waive extradition proceedings and turn herself in at the Lake County courthouse.
Police said the investigation remains ongoing.
Anyone with additional information should contact Riverwoods police at 224-284-2332 or by emailing bdayno@riverwoods.gov
