Overview
- Police began working the case after investigators received reports of significant medical waste on June 10 and construction workers later uncovered buried human fetal remains while digging a driveway.
- Forensic teams and medical experts confirmed the recovered material were human fetuses and have continued excavations, DNA testing of equipment and laboratory analysis at the site.
- Authorities arrested a woman reported to be a pathologist, identified in local reports as Magdalena H., on June 12; prosecutors have opened inquiries into desecration of a corpse and unlawful disposal of hazardous medical waste.
- Investigators recovered laboratory items such as paraffin blocks and microscope slides at the property and say the current owners who bought the plot from the suspect are not under investigation.
- The probe remains active and developing, with officials warning that the number, age and origin of the remains may change as forensic results and further searches clarify what happened and who may be responsible.