Overview
- Construction workers conducting earthworks in Lutoryż uncovered buried medical waste that prosecutors say included human foetal remains and fragments.
- Police arrested 57-year-old pathologist Magdalena H. on Friday and a court placed her in three months of pre-trial detention.
- Investigators recovered microscope slides, paraffin blocks, documents and other lab items and are using sniffer dogs and ground-penetrating radar to search for more burial sites.
- Reported counts of recovered remains vary between 32 and 34, investigators have not yet identified the foetuses, and so far say there is no evidence linking them to illegal abortions.
- Possible charges include desecration of human remains and improper disposal of medical waste with penalties reported up to 12 years, and prosecutors will focus next on forensic identification and hospital records to determine provenance.