A fetus of more than 30 weeks of gestation was found on Wednesday in a vacant lot in the Nueva Fe neighborhood, in Reconquista, Santa Fe province. The discovery occurred after a 24-year-old woman was admitted to the local hospital. The authorities have opened an investigation to reconstruct how the incident happened.
The case originated around 11:50 AM, when staff at the Reconquista Hospital alerted the police about the woman's admission, who lives in the same neighborhood. According to information released by local media, after examining her, doctors determined that she had undergone an abortion at her home and that the gestation exceeded 30 weeks.
The young woman's grandmother reported that during the morning, her granddaughter told her that she had gone to the bathroom and that she had aborted, although at that moment she did not know where the body was. Following this information, personnel from the Investigative Police and Scientific Criminalistics intervened and began working to locate the fetus.
Around 2:50 PM, investigators received a report that family members had found it in a vacant lot located about 200 meters west of the house. The body was transported by the family members to the Reconquista Hospital, where it arrived without vital signs.
The authorities ordered an autopsy
The forensic doctor ordered an autopsy to establish the causes and circumstances of the incident. Meanwhile, investigators are trying to determine if other individuals had any involvement in what occurred.
While the judicial case progresses, the 24-year-old remains hospitalized in the gynecology department of the Central Hospital of Reconquista. The investigation must clarify the conditions under which the abortion occurred and what happened afterward with the fetus.
