Child's Life Was a Miracle, But Death Takes an Odd Twist

A baby with a severe birth defect, semilobar holoprosencephaly. A doctor's prediction that the child will not survive. A "miracle baby" living to age two-and-a-half, against all odds, with her progress chronicled in the local paper to inspire others. Sounds like the makings of an inspirational memoir or movie. But Imani Joyner's story has taken a turn that sounds more like the makings of an unsettling episode of CSI or Law & Order. Her body was found floating in the Passaic River in Clifton, New Jersey, miles from the Stamford, Connecticut, cemetery where she was buried two years ago. According to a report on NorthJersey.com, authorities believe that someone a little too inspired by her "miracle baby" story may have dug up her body to use in a religious ritual. Given all the worries and struggles parents of special children deal with when their kids are alive, it's hard to imagine having to deal with a kidnapping after death.

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