Why didn't the authorities investigate instead of taking her word for it? It sounds like she had murdered two babies within two years- with no one realizing that she was pregnant either time.
I don't know. The article wasn't very illuminating. Her current attorney is saying, "Regarding that incident, not only was our client not prosecuted for any crime, she wasn't even arrested for any crime . And no crime was committed."
The police are saying that "they never found a baby's body in the 2004 case, so they could not determine if Ashcraft was telling the truth".
It's a sad story.