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Glenn Adams - Associated Press Wednesday, October 25, 2000 Baxter State Park, Maine --- A man who stonewalled investigators for months about two children missing from his Massachusetts religious sect led a search team Tuesday to two tiny bodies buried deep in the Maine wilderness. The remains, believed to be those of infant Jeremiah Corneau and 10-month-old Samuel Robidoux, were found in pine coffins in a remote part of Baxter State Park. Positive identification and the causes of death were pending. Prosecutors believe Jeremiah was either stillborn or died within minutes of his birth. Samuel allegedly starved to death after he stopped nursing. David Corneau, father of Jeremiah and a sect member, used a hand-drawn map to pinpoint the site after he and searchers were flown to the area. The nearest road is five miles away. The search in the 200,000-acre park in northern Maine began one day after Corneau agreed to lead authorities to the bodies in exchange for immunity from prosecution for him and his wife. Authorities have been looking into the deaths, concerned that the sect members' rejection of conventional medicine and other beliefs may have contributed. Sect members, based in Attleboro in southeastern Massachusetts, do not recognize the legal system and remained silent for months, refusing to answer any questions, as a grand jury investigated the boys' disappearance. Corneau, 33, was one of eight members of the group jailed for refusing to respond to the grand jury's questions. He was freed last month after invoking his right against self-incrimination.
His pregnant wife, Rebecca, 32, recently was held in state custody after a judge expressed concern for the well-being of her fetus. She gave birth last week to a girl, who remains in state custody pending a court ruling.
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