the father of the baby is, in the court record, found to be jack shaffer. doctor foulke (name otherwise unknown), one of the doctors questioned in the court record, testified that clifton confessed to him many incidences of forced sex by jack shaffer, resulting in the conception of her daughter. she also claimed that shaffer had persuaded her to murder the baby in exchange for purchasing her freedom, putting her up in his house, and making her his lady if she were to commit the murder.