The grim fate of Arthur Barnett, a White male infant from Peru, Indiana, came to light not at the time of his death on July 24, 1954, but over a year later due to a medical emergency involving his younger sibling. In October 1955, his mother, twenty-three-year-old Flora Maxine Barnett, was admitted to Dukes Memorial Hospital after giving birth to a premature son. The medical staff questioned her about her obstetrical history, prompting initial claims that her previous children had been given up
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