Fetus at Detroit waste, sewer facility puzzles police
Santiago Esparza / The Detroit News
DETROIT -- A fetus turned up in the city's wastewater treatment facility Friday, but police are still investigating how it got there and if a crime was committed.
The fetus, which was between three and four months old, was found in the sewer system intake of the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department Waste Water Treatment Plant at 9300 Jefferson, said Detroit Police Second Deputy Chief James Tate.
"The sewer system is connected to different municipalities in Wayne County," Tate said Saturday. "There is no real indication as to where (the fetus) came from."
Tate said the fetus may have come through a toilet as the result of a miscarriage and that investigators are not sure if a crime occurred. He said this was an unusual case.
"It is not one of those things we are commonly notified about," Tate said.
The facility is the largest single-site of its kind in the nation, according to the water department's Web site. It opened in 1940 and handles treatment of wastewater for the city and 76 other communities.
You can reach Santiago Esparza at (313) 222-2127 or sesparza@detnews.com.
Santiago Esparza / The Detroit News
DETROIT -- A fetus turned up in the city's wastewater treatment facility Friday, but police are still investigating how it got there and if a crime was committed.
The fetus, which was between three and four months old, was found in the sewer system intake of the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department Waste Water Treatment Plant at 9300 Jefferson, said Detroit Police Second Deputy Chief James Tate.
"The sewer system is connected to different municipalities in Wayne County," Tate said Saturday. "There is no real indication as to where (the fetus) came from."
Tate said the fetus may have come through a toilet as the result of a miscarriage and that investigators are not sure if a crime occurred. He said this was an unusual case.
"It is not one of those things we are commonly notified about," Tate said.
The facility is the largest single-site of its kind in the nation, according to the water department's Web site. It opened in 1940 and handles treatment of wastewater for the city and 76 other communities.
You can reach Santiago Esparza at (313) 222-2127 or sesparza@detnews.com.
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