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Baby found at Dallas treatment

Baby Found In Sewage

DALLAS -- Police are investigating a human fetus found at a wastewater treatment plant.

A worker at the plant found the fetus about 9 a.m. on a conveyer belt that strains solid waste from the running water, Police Cpl. Max Geron said.

Police are determining whether an offense has been committed, Geron said.

"It's very different from finding a body," Geron said. "The fetus would have had to been born and viable, and there is a possibility it was a miscarriage."

Preliminary medical examiner reports indicate that the fetus may have been 20 to 24 weeks old.

Police said it will be hard to track it because the Southeast Dallas plant serves Dallas, Wilmer, Cleburg, Hickory Creek and Balch Springs. Geron said it is unlikely that someone placed the fetus in the plant, but that it probably came through the sewage system.

The medical examiner will rule on the cause of death, Geron said.


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Posted by Editor at November 8, 2005 07:28 AM