Delays in baby case irk Upper Darby chief

0 Comments | Philadelphia Daily News, January, 2007 | by DAVID GAMBACORTA & REGINA MEDINA

At long last, Upper Darby police today will begin interviewing relatives who are caught in the tangled tragedy of the dead baby in the Volkswagen Beetle.

But anxious detectives will have to wait at least another week before they're allowed to speak to a Drexel University student they believe is the mother of the infant, who was found stuffed in the trunk of the car in a quiet section of Drexel Hill on Monday.

Upper Darby Police Superintendent Michael Chitwood said yesterday he was "outraged" by the continual delays in the case and interference from family attorneys.

"We're not talking about a traffic ticket here," an exasperated Chitwood said.

"This is a dead baby."

Investigators executed a search warrant on a dorm on the Drexel campus...