Facebook Turned Over Messages in Disturbing Abortion Case Against Teen and Mom

Photo Illustration by Luis G. Rendon/The Daily Beast/GettyA Nebraska teenager and her mother are facing criminal charges for repeatedly burying and then burning a fetus, the product of an investigation in which authorities obtained Facebook messages between the two discussing medication abortion.Celeste Burgess, 17, faces charges in Madison District Court, including concealing the death of another person, after allegedly having an abortion and getting help from her mother in burning and burying the result of a stillborn pregnancy. Her 41-year-old mother, Jessica Burgess, is also charged with a slew of offenses, including performing or attempting abortion at more than 20 weeks and performing an abortion as a non-licensed doctor.A third person police say helped them bury the body, 22-year-old Tanner Barnhill, is charged with attempted concealing the death of another person.Read more at The Daily Beast.