A name, a grave for abandoned female fetus

The name ``Frances Hope" has been chosen. A cemetery plot has been donated by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston. A white sleeper and a sweater have been set aside to dress the body before burial.

Tomorrow morning, at St. Patrick's cemetery in Watertown, the abandoned female fetus whose body was discovered at Brighton High School will be buried.

Nobody has come forward to claim the body since June 1, when Brighton High janitor Kevin Mojave made the discovery in the girls' bathroom.

Baby Safe Haven New England, a nonprofit group that has taken custody of the body, offered Mojave the chance to choose a name, as a way to comfort him.

Mojave, who was deeply shaken by the experience, chose Frances, the name of his late mother.

``She was the best mother anyone could have," he said yesterday. ``She'll take care of her."

Mojave chose the last name Hope, to honor another group that helps abandoned newborns.

Police are searching for whoever delivered the fetus, which was not full term. They have not announced any leads.

The grave will eventually have a marker with the inscription: ``Frances Hope. June 1, 2006."

PATRICIA WEN