A device for maintaining a deceased fetus or infant at a temperature lower than ambient for extending preservation of the fetus or infant includes a frame, a cooling unit operatively attached to the frame, a cradle sized to contain the deceased fetus or infant and operatively attached to the frame, and a power supply conduit. The frame has a top end and a bottom end. The cradle is thermally connected to the cooling unit, and a power supply conduit is connected to the cooling unit.
