PLYMOUTH — Grafton County Attorney Lara Saffo will be seeking the arrest of a former Bristol woman following her indictment by a Grafton County Superior Court Grand Jury.
The grand jury found there was sufficient evidence to bring Gretchen Digman, 42, formerly of 170 Lake Street, Bristol, to court on a charge of concealing her baby’s corpse in a metal box inside a Plymouth storage unit.
The indictment states that the child, determined to be about 36 weeks’ gestation, was kept in “one or more storage units” in Plymouth following her death between Jan. 1, 2014, and May 9, 2016, and that Digman failed to notify authorities of the baby’s existence.
A baby is not considered to be full-term until it reaches 39 weeks of gestation.
Plymouth Detective Sergeant Aimee Moller conducted the investigation, but neither she nor Chief Stephen Lefebvre would comment on the case, referring questions to Saffo.
The county attorney said she could not say more than what was contained in the indictment, but she did clarify that there is no pending investigation into a non-indicted person, Clarence Digman. The indictment stated that Gretchen Digman “knowingly, acting individually and/or in concert with Clarence Digman,” concealed the corpse.
Bristol Police Lieutenant Kris Bean said his department’s involvement was only to verify Digman’s address, and that Plymouth police then went to her residence.
Bean does not believe she is currently living in Bristol and said he has not seen her since she ended her employment at Cumberland Farms a couple of years ago.
Lefebvre said his department is not likely to be involved in the case until it is time to testify when it reaches trial. The county attorney’s office has charge of the case and is responsible for notifying Digman of her indictment, he said.
