Not a week goes by that I do not receive a phone call, e-mail or voice-mail asking me about the status of the case involving the baby in the trunk.

Back on Jan. 22, 2007, almost two years ago, police discovered a newborn in a duffel bag in the trunk of a car parked in the driveway of a home in Drexel Hill.

Eventually, Mia Sardella was charged in the case. Initially the teen was charged with first-degree murder. Those charges were later reduced to third-degree murder and abuse of corpse.

The delay between the discovery of the baby and the charges being filed led many to believe Sardella was being given special treatment because of her family’s status and connections. Some people go so far as to say the newspaper is not covering the case because we’re somehow intimidated by the family.

On the other hand, every time an item appears in the paper about the case, I get a phone call from a supporter saying we don’t know the full story of what happened.

I don’t pretend to know what happened in this case. I also reject any belief that we are somehow covering up what happened, or being unfair to the family.

We are reporting what has transpired in the case.

But some of the mystery involving what actually happened in this case should start to dissolve today when Sardella goes on trial in Media.

Her trial is expected to begin before Judge Patricia Jenkins.

I am guessing that no matter what happens in this tragedy, I am not going to change the opinion of participants on both sides.

A gag order issued in the case has meant very little new information, except what has transpired in court, has been revealed. Neither police, nor the prosecutors, nor the defense and Sardella family, have been allowed to comment.

That will change today in a Media courtroom.