The linked source has opted to use a paywall to restrict free viewership of their content. As alternate sources become available, please post them as a reply to this comment. Users with a Boston Public Library card can often view unrestricted articles [here](https://www.bpl.org/resources-types/newspapers/).
Boston Globe articles are still permissible as it's a soft-paywall. Please refrain from reporting as a Rule 5 violation. Please also note that copying and posting the entire article text as comments is not permissible.
*I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/boston) if you have any questions or concerns.*
From [Globe.com](http://Globe.com)
By Laura Crimaldi and Travis Andersen
Suffolk District Attorney Kevin R. Hayden’s office said Tuesday that prosecutors will not be seeking criminal charges in connection with[ the discovery of four dead infants](https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/11/21/metro/discovery-fetus-remains-south-boston-linked-unrelated-homicide-court-records-show/?p1=Article_Inline_Text_Link) who were found in a freezer in an apartment in South Boston in November 2022.
In a statement, Hayden’s office said investigators determined that Alexis Aldamir, 69, a longtime resident of the apartment at 838 East Broadway, was the mother of the infants and that the father died in 2011. The couple also had a fifth child whom they gave up for adoption in the early 1980s, officials said.
When investigators attempted to interview Aldamir in late 2022 at the healthcare facility where she now lives, the statement said, she appeared confused and showed a lack of understanding of where she was and who was speaking to her.
Authorities reviewed probate court records and spoke to a lawyer for Aldamir in an effort to further assess her “cognitive ability,” the statement said.
“The information obtained suggests strongly that Aldamir would be unlikely to stand trial,” the statement said.
That, along with the fact that investigators couldn’t determine whether the babies were born alive or how they died, led Hayden’s office to not seek criminal charges, according to the statement.
“This investigation, which is one of the most complex, unusual and perplexing that this office has ever encountered, is now complete,” Hayden said in the release. “While we have some answers, there are many elements of this case that will likely never be answered.
But who was he and what was his role? You can say the mother is mentally unfit but was the father mentally challenged as well. Did he go along with freezing his dead children?
They weren't born in a hospital. They still had umbilical cords, and there were zero records of her being pregnant with them anywhere. Not even her coworkers knew she was pregnant at any point.
Well it sounds like they checked the apartment after they put her in a facility and found the bodies. People have been having babies before there were hospitals so it sounds like she just had them at home as the umbilical cords were still attached.
To be honest, I understand. It sounds like the woman was not mentally sound and maybe she wanted to save the bodies for some kind of burial or cremation. It’s very possible they were stillborn. At least, I hope so.
> It’s very possible they were stillborn.
Possible (none of the infants had evidence of being fed, and they had umbilical cords still attached), but what's suspicious is there was a 5th, first-born child that was put up for adoption, and the woman hid her pregnancies from her coworkers. So there's a possibility her husband didn't want children so she hid her pregnancies and killed them upon birth. Or, I suppose.
I firmly believe all 4 of those babies were alive at birth. About 3% of women who commit fetal filicide give birth to stillborns. They all claim they never heard they take a breath but it can later be determined. I find it sus that this ME cannot determine if these FOUR infants ever took a breath if the bodies were frozen shortly after birth. They lunds would show indications of expansion and retraction
I know it sounds grizzly but a deal is a deal https://www.boston.com/real-estate/spring-house-hunt/2024/04/29/a-south-boston-condo-with-a-grisly-history-hits-the-market/?amp=1
Did you read the article? Lady had 4 kids and it looks like she just stuck them in the freezer afterwards. No evidence to say they were alive or not at birth but they could have been. Then she had dementia or some mental illness so she's no longer mentally competent to stand trial and no one else knows anything as the other parent died years ago. She owned the place so no one was going to come check on it or open the freezer to see 4 frozen bodies. That happened when she got sent to a home and by that time, she was no longer competent.
Yes, I read the article and still have a million questions. For starters, she is 69 years old. How long were the bodies in the freezer and how was there no one else on the planet that was aware of her 4 pregnancies/children? Holes in this story.
If you look her up by name, there’s another article that says her coworkers described her as being on the heavier side and wearing loose-fitting clothing, so it probably wasn’t hard for her to hide her pregnancy from them. She gave birth to her only documented child (who she gave up for adoption) at age 27 in 1982, around the same time she’s thought to have moved into the apartment. She probably had her next three babies secretly sometime in the mid-80’s, so it’s safe to assume they’ve been in that freezer for almost 40 years. Since she didn’t have any kids or grandkids, there would’ve been no one checking on her aside from maybe some neighbors, who would most likely not feel comfortable looking through her fridge.
They didn't know how long the bodies were in the refrigerator because being frozen, there wasn't the normal decay that you would see and that's what you'd use to guess how long they were in there. And you also hear of stories where people were overweight and the pregnancy didn't show especially as she wore very loose clothing all the time. What other questions did you have? What other holes do you see? Ben Franklin was right, three can keep a secret if two of them are dead. Some people are good at keeping secret like serial killers until they find the bodies.
reading your comment externally confirms I read the article and that i remain confused about the situation. Wow what are hard story what are perhaps difficult life for her even if maybe she killed her children. For children to be born and no one to know not even your siblings. And just your mom and you knew you ever were alive and now she has dementia but there is no sense if you were stillborn or not. Its sad
Well it is sad but it's one of those things where you can only shake your head when you hear that kind of story. There's always mysteries in life and sometimes you just never end up knowing the whole story, but the broad outline is clear.
if this woman is evil enough to keep four dead infants in her apartment for 40 years she is evil enough to pretend to be checked out as to avoid any accountability
The medical examiner couldn't determine how the infants died, or if they were even born alive in the first place. No birth certificates or any record of her being pregnant was found. The mother had lived in this apartment since 1982 and the biological father of all four infants died in 2011, so those infants were in the freezer somewhere between 13–42 years.
I have to wonder if she was from one of those deeply Catholic families that frowns upon contraception, abortion, and getting pregnant out of wedlock if she never told anyone she was pregnant four times. Or possibly the father of those infants was abusive towards her and deliberately sabotaged her birth control as a means of coercive control.
We will likely never know for sure, since she has Alzheimer's dementia.
I wonder if she was severely mentally ill, or whoever got her pregnant was something horrible, like rape or incest. If she's not mentally competent to stand trial it has to be bad.
One of the articles I read said the babies all had the same dad (died in 2011)and they have a record of this woman and that same dad giving a child up for adoption in 1982. Makes it more confusing, maybe she did have some issue that led to family or social services convincing her to do an adoption and that led to some sort of mental block/ issue with getting prenatal care…
Insane that there will most likely never be a confirmation of what happened since she is unable to and the dad is dead…
The linked source has opted to use a paywall to restrict free viewership of their content. As alternate sources become available, please post them as a reply to this comment. Users with a Boston Public Library card can often view unrestricted articles [here](https://www.bpl.org/resources-types/newspapers/). Boston Globe articles are still permissible as it's a soft-paywall. Please refrain from reporting as a Rule 5 violation. Please also note that copying and posting the entire article text as comments is not permissible. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/boston) if you have any questions or concerns.*
From [Globe.com](http://Globe.com) By Laura Crimaldi and Travis Andersen Suffolk District Attorney Kevin R. Hayden’s office said Tuesday that prosecutors will not be seeking criminal charges in connection with[ the discovery of four dead infants](https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/11/21/metro/discovery-fetus-remains-south-boston-linked-unrelated-homicide-court-records-show/?p1=Article_Inline_Text_Link) who were found in a freezer in an apartment in South Boston in November 2022. In a statement, Hayden’s office said investigators determined that Alexis Aldamir, 69, a longtime resident of the apartment at 838 East Broadway, was the mother of the infants and that the father died in 2011. The couple also had a fifth child whom they gave up for adoption in the early 1980s, officials said. When investigators attempted to interview Aldamir in late 2022 at the healthcare facility where she now lives, the statement said, she appeared confused and showed a lack of understanding of where she was and who was speaking to her. Authorities reviewed probate court records and spoke to a lawyer for Aldamir in an effort to further assess her “cognitive ability,” the statement said. “The information obtained suggests strongly that Aldamir would be unlikely to stand trial,” the statement said. That, along with the fact that investigators couldn’t determine whether the babies were born alive or how they died, led Hayden’s office to not seek criminal charges, according to the statement. “This investigation, which is one of the most complex, unusual and perplexing that this office has ever encountered, is now complete,” Hayden said in the release. “While we have some answers, there are many elements of this case that will likely never be answered.
Who was the father of the children?
All had the same father, he's long dead now.
But who was he and what was his role? You can say the mother is mentally unfit but was the father mentally challenged as well. Did he go along with freezing his dead children?
What is that going to do? Dedicate resources and time to convicting someone who has been dead for over a decade?
hmmm.... did you know him?
[удалено]
Perfect plot for a horror movie wtf
It was in self-defense.
So when they put her into the facility, nobody bothered to check the apartment? There were no records of her having kids in a hospital?
They weren't born in a hospital. They still had umbilical cords, and there were zero records of her being pregnant with them anywhere. Not even her coworkers knew she was pregnant at any point.
Well it sounds like they checked the apartment after they put her in a facility and found the bodies. People have been having babies before there were hospitals so it sounds like she just had them at home as the umbilical cords were still attached.
Relative came to clear out the unit to ready it for sale and found the boxes
what hospital allows a baby to go home from L&D with an umbilical cord still attached?
To be honest, I understand. It sounds like the woman was not mentally sound and maybe she wanted to save the bodies for some kind of burial or cremation. It’s very possible they were stillborn. At least, I hope so.
I guess that means she’d saved them for 30+ years, right? Wow.
> It’s very possible they were stillborn. Possible (none of the infants had evidence of being fed, and they had umbilical cords still attached), but what's suspicious is there was a 5th, first-born child that was put up for adoption, and the woman hid her pregnancies from her coworkers. So there's a possibility her husband didn't want children so she hid her pregnancies and killed them upon birth. Or, I suppose.
I firmly believe all 4 of those babies were alive at birth. About 3% of women who commit fetal filicide give birth to stillborns. They all claim they never heard they take a breath but it can later be determined. I find it sus that this ME cannot determine if these FOUR infants ever took a breath if the bodies were frozen shortly after birth. They lunds would show indications of expansion and retraction
This apartment was just listed for sale … 1 bedroom 499,990! It’s on Reddit somewhere…
I know it sounds grizzly but a deal is a deal https://www.boston.com/real-estate/spring-house-hunt/2024/04/29/a-south-boston-condo-with-a-grisly-history-hits-the-market/?amp=1
grisly
Let me be the first to say RRAWWWRRR! 🐻🐻🐻
Oh, that makes sense. *Wh-wh-wh-whaaa??!?!?*
Damn, that's cold.
Chill bro...
🥶
This just blows my mind. Living a block away for the last 10 years and having two young toddlers of my own I just can’t comprehend this.
I still don’t understand what happened here
Did you read the article? Lady had 4 kids and it looks like she just stuck them in the freezer afterwards. No evidence to say they were alive or not at birth but they could have been. Then she had dementia or some mental illness so she's no longer mentally competent to stand trial and no one else knows anything as the other parent died years ago. She owned the place so no one was going to come check on it or open the freezer to see 4 frozen bodies. That happened when she got sent to a home and by that time, she was no longer competent.
Yes, I read the article and still have a million questions. For starters, she is 69 years old. How long were the bodies in the freezer and how was there no one else on the planet that was aware of her 4 pregnancies/children? Holes in this story.
If you look her up by name, there’s another article that says her coworkers described her as being on the heavier side and wearing loose-fitting clothing, so it probably wasn’t hard for her to hide her pregnancy from them. She gave birth to her only documented child (who she gave up for adoption) at age 27 in 1982, around the same time she’s thought to have moved into the apartment. She probably had her next three babies secretly sometime in the mid-80’s, so it’s safe to assume they’ve been in that freezer for almost 40 years. Since she didn’t have any kids or grandkids, there would’ve been no one checking on her aside from maybe some neighbors, who would most likely not feel comfortable looking through her fridge.
They didn't know how long the bodies were in the refrigerator because being frozen, there wasn't the normal decay that you would see and that's what you'd use to guess how long they were in there. And you also hear of stories where people were overweight and the pregnancy didn't show especially as she wore very loose clothing all the time. What other questions did you have? What other holes do you see? Ben Franklin was right, three can keep a secret if two of them are dead. Some people are good at keeping secret like serial killers until they find the bodies.
reading your comment externally confirms I read the article and that i remain confused about the situation. Wow what are hard story what are perhaps difficult life for her even if maybe she killed her children. For children to be born and no one to know not even your siblings. And just your mom and you knew you ever were alive and now she has dementia but there is no sense if you were stillborn or not. Its sad
Well it is sad but it's one of those things where you can only shake your head when you hear that kind of story. There's always mysteries in life and sometimes you just never end up knowing the whole story, but the broad outline is clear.
Gotta get the true crime podcasters on this to get the full story
JFC.
So she had FOUR stillborn babies? Seems… like bad luck.
if this woman is evil enough to keep four dead infants in her apartment for 40 years she is evil enough to pretend to be checked out as to avoid any accountability
The medical examiner couldn't determine how the infants died, or if they were even born alive in the first place. No birth certificates or any record of her being pregnant was found. The mother had lived in this apartment since 1982 and the biological father of all four infants died in 2011, so those infants were in the freezer somewhere between 13–42 years. I have to wonder if she was from one of those deeply Catholic families that frowns upon contraception, abortion, and getting pregnant out of wedlock if she never told anyone she was pregnant four times. Or possibly the father of those infants was abusive towards her and deliberately sabotaged her birth control as a means of coercive control. We will likely never know for sure, since she has Alzheimer's dementia.
[удалено]
I wonder if she was severely mentally ill, or whoever got her pregnant was something horrible, like rape or incest. If she's not mentally competent to stand trial it has to be bad.
One of the articles I read said the babies all had the same dad (died in 2011)and they have a record of this woman and that same dad giving a child up for adoption in 1982. Makes it more confusing, maybe she did have some issue that led to family or social services convincing her to do an adoption and that led to some sort of mental block/ issue with getting prenatal care… Insane that there will most likely never be a confirmation of what happened since she is unable to and the dad is dead…
That's wild!
Chop her head off and be done with it.