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Calgary woman found dead in NE
home killed her own infants: police
By Sherri Zickefoose, Calgary Herald - April 29, 2010
CALGARY - A woman who murdered and concealed the rotting bodies of her three dead babies died after complications of a secret home delivery, police say.
Harsimrat "Simmi" Kahlon, 27, committed infanticide on her own, killing her own babies and concealing their decomposing bodies in bags and containers after three separate births since 2005, police are revealing today as they wrap up their investigation.
Every indication is that Kahlon's common-law husband, co-workers and family were unaware of her pregnancies, as she went to great lengths to conceal them, police say.
Investigators holding a press conference Thursday morning to release new information.
Kahlon's body was discovered by her boyfriend in their northeast basement suite on Taracove Estates Drive N.E. last October.
The badly decomposed bodies of her three secret babies were discovered afterwards.
Kahlon died from complications within weeks of giving birth, investigators say.
Police say no other person was involved, and no charges will be laid.
Months before Kahlon was found dead in her basement suite with the hidden bodies of three newborn babies, she told her live-in boyfriend she'd had an abortion.
However, police believe, based on search warrants obtained by the Herald, two of the babies were actually delivered at home by the woman.
The search warrant reveals that Kahlon's live-in boyfriend told investigators he knew she was pregnant last spring, but believed she had had an abortion.
But Kahlon had been pregnant before. In 2005, the woman gave birth to a healthy daughter she named Reet at Peter Lougheed Centre.
In the summer of 2009, two more babies were born inside Kahlon's northeast Calgary basement suite. She never named those children. Police Insp. Guy Slater told a press conference today the father of the first baby born in hospital may not know about that pregnancy,
Two to three months before the 27-year-old woman was found dead, Kahlon frequently sprayed air freshener to mask the putrid smell of the tiny decomposing bodies and bloodied towels wrapped in layers of garbage bags, according to the warrants.
Reet's body was hidden inside a suitcase.
The other two shared a box.
Kahlon, called Simmi by friends, visited a doctor last April and inquired about an abortion, the document says. She missed her appointment, but told her boyfriend she was no longer pregnant, he told detectives.
Instead, investigators believed Kahlon concealed her pregnancy and the home birth of her children.
The grisly evidence unfolded when Kahlon was discovered dead at home by her boyfriend. Harnet Mahal. Oct. 4, 2009, in their shared rented basement suite.
The couple lived in separate bedrooms, the warrant says. While sorting through Kahlon's belongings the next day, Mahal opened a suitcase that contained a decaying baby girl. It was Reet, still wearing a hospital ID bracelet. The name of the baby's father, a different boyfriend from Mahal, doesn't appear on hospital papers.
A few hours later, another unthinkable discovery was made. Mahal's sister found another dead baby boy in a box.
When the medical examiner opened that bag, there were actually two dead infants and one placenta found inside.
There are few answers about Kahlon's life leading up to the deaths, and whether she was an unwilling mother of unwanted babies.
Police now say, after studying the dead woman's diary, that she suffered from depression and borderline personality disorder. "We will never have all the answers," said Insp.Slater.
Family, friends and co-workers say they were shocked to learn Kahlon had been pregnant and given birth.
Kahlon grew up in Chandigarh, India, and came to Calgary to live with relatives in 1999.
Kahlon left her aunt and uncle's Martindale home before she gave birth to Reet.
Relatives said they knew nothing of a pregnancy, and "had no contact with her," despite living in a nearby neighbourhood.
Kahlon first lived in a Falconridge basement suite before moving to Taradale with her boyfriend in 2006.
Neighbours along the family-lined street say the couple kept to themselves and they saw no evidence of children at the residence.
Kahlon, who worked as a receptionist for a law office, was described as a hard worker who seemed happy.
szickefoose@theherald.canwest.com
© Copyright (c) The Calgary Herald
Calgary woman found dead in NE
home killed her own infants: police
By Sherri Zickefoose, Calgary Herald - April 29, 2010
CALGARY - A woman who murdered and concealed the rotting bodies of her three dead babies died after complications of a secret home delivery, police say.
Harsimrat "Simmi" Kahlon, 27, committed infanticide on her own, killing her own babies and concealing their decomposing bodies in bags and containers after three separate births since 2005, police are revealing today as they wrap up their investigation.
Every indication is that Kahlon's common-law husband, co-workers and family were unaware of her pregnancies, as she went to great lengths to conceal them, police say.
Investigators holding a press conference Thursday morning to release new information.
Kahlon's body was discovered by her boyfriend in their northeast basement suite on Taracove Estates Drive N.E. last October.
The badly decomposed bodies of her three secret babies were discovered afterwards.
Kahlon died from complications within weeks of giving birth, investigators say.
Police say no other person was involved, and no charges will be laid.
Months before Kahlon was found dead in her basement suite with the hidden bodies of three newborn babies, she told her live-in boyfriend she'd had an abortion.
However, police believe, based on search warrants obtained by the Herald, two of the babies were actually delivered at home by the woman.
The search warrant reveals that Kahlon's live-in boyfriend told investigators he knew she was pregnant last spring, but believed she had had an abortion.
But Kahlon had been pregnant before. In 2005, the woman gave birth to a healthy daughter she named Reet at Peter Lougheed Centre.
In the summer of 2009, two more babies were born inside Kahlon's northeast Calgary basement suite. She never named those children. Police Insp. Guy Slater told a press conference today the father of the first baby born in hospital may not know about that pregnancy,
Two to three months before the 27-year-old woman was found dead, Kahlon frequently sprayed air freshener to mask the putrid smell of the tiny decomposing bodies and bloodied towels wrapped in layers of garbage bags, according to the warrants.
Reet's body was hidden inside a suitcase.
The other two shared a box.
Kahlon, called Simmi by friends, visited a doctor last April and inquired about an abortion, the document says. She missed her appointment, but told her boyfriend she was no longer pregnant, he told detectives.
Instead, investigators believed Kahlon concealed her pregnancy and the home birth of her children.
The grisly evidence unfolded when Kahlon was discovered dead at home by her boyfriend. Harnet Mahal. Oct. 4, 2009, in their shared rented basement suite.
The couple lived in separate bedrooms, the warrant says. While sorting through Kahlon's belongings the next day, Mahal opened a suitcase that contained a decaying baby girl. It was Reet, still wearing a hospital ID bracelet. The name of the baby's father, a different boyfriend from Mahal, doesn't appear on hospital papers.
A few hours later, another unthinkable discovery was made. Mahal's sister found another dead baby boy in a box.
When the medical examiner opened that bag, there were actually two dead infants and one placenta found inside.
There are few answers about Kahlon's life leading up to the deaths, and whether she was an unwilling mother of unwanted babies.
Police now say, after studying the dead woman's diary, that she suffered from depression and borderline personality disorder. "We will never have all the answers," said Insp.Slater.
Family, friends and co-workers say they were shocked to learn Kahlon had been pregnant and given birth.
Kahlon grew up in Chandigarh, India, and came to Calgary to live with relatives in 1999.
Kahlon left her aunt and uncle's Martindale home before she gave birth to Reet.
Relatives said they knew nothing of a pregnancy, and "had no contact with her," despite living in a nearby neighbourhood.
Kahlon first lived in a Falconridge basement suite before moving to Taradale with her boyfriend in 2006.
Neighbours along the family-lined street say the couple kept to themselves and they saw no evidence of children at the residence.
Kahlon, who worked as a receptionist for a law office, was described as a hard worker who seemed happy.
szickefoose@theherald.canwest.com
© Copyright (c) The Calgary Herald
