Pedophile and his wife dumped their newborn baby’s dead body in bucket of tar
Roland Grabowski and his wife Lisa allegedly lied that their son Micah was still alive, then claimed he'd died of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
A convicted pedophile and his wife dumped their three year-old son’s body into a bucket of tar, then tried to claim he was still alive, sheriff’s deputies say. Roland Grabowski and his wife Donna, from Princeton in Texas, were arrested over their son Micah’s disappearance on Saturday.
Collin County Sheriff Jim Skinner said the couple finally disclosed their son’s whereabouts shortly after.
He explained: ‘They took the child and wrapped him in a blanket and submerged him into a five gallon bucket of tar and put him in a shed behind the residence. I’ve been in this business over 30 years and I’ve seen a lot of crazy things but this is the first time I’ve found a dead infant in a bucket of tar…and hopefully the last.’
The Grabowskis told sheriff’s deputies Micah had died of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), with a medical examiner now set to try and establish whether they were telling the truth.
After they were initially approached by police Roland Grabowski – who has a previous conviction for sexual assault of a child – and his wife tried to claim Micah was being cared for by friends, it is claimed.
The couple are then said to have hatched a plot to borrow a friend’s baby and pretend the infant was Micah, according to 11Alive.
Court documents allege they texted their unnamed pal, saying: ‘I need you to say your baby is ours. Quick in and out. They just need to see.’
Donna Grabowski is further accused of lying that Micah was born at the Medical Center of McKinney, even though her local hospital had no record of her or her late son. The Grabowskis face charges including tampering with a corpse, and child endangerment.
They could face further counts depending on the result of Micah’s autopsy, and are being held at Collin County Jail ahead of their next court appearance.
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