Police back at Winnipeg home, seeking evidence in dead babies case

Police were back on Thursday at the Winnipeg home of a woman charged for concealing the bodies of six babies.

The lights appeared to be on in nearly every room during the early morning at thebungalow onBlechnerDrivein The Maples neighbourhood, while a couple of police cruisers were parked on the driveway.

• Home of Andrea Giesbrecht, accused in dead infants case, searched

Police first arrived Wednesday morning as part of the investigation intoAndrea Giesbrecht, 40, who was charged after theremains of infants were found in a locker at a U-Haul facility on Oct. 20.

At about midday Wedensday, a flatbedtruck was seen towing a late-model red Ford van from the residence.

While the police search the home, a legal battle has begun between Giesbrecht's lawyerGregBrodskyand Crown prosecutors.

Brodsky, who was in court on Wednesday,has asked that an independent pathologist be appointed to observe the autopsies of the six bodies and for the procedures to be video-recorded.

He has retained the services of retired provincial medical examiner Dr. Peter Markesteyn.

But court heard Manitoba's chief medical examiner, Dr. Thambirajah Balachandra,will not allow Markesteyn access to the autopsies without a court order, even though the exams are already 90 per cent complete.

The hearing has been adjourned until Friday and the autopsies are on hold until a judge hears Brodsky's motion.