Fetus found at water treatment plant in South Carolina
By Stephanie Moore
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SUMTER COUNTY, S.C. (WYFF) — A fetus found at a water treatment plant in South Carolina on Friday was stillborn, according to new information released Monday by the Sumter County Coroner’s Office.
The Sumter County Sheriff’s Office said a 911 call came in about 11:30 a.m. Friday about the fetus being found by workers at the plant on Edgehill Road.
The fetus was taken to the Medical University of South Carolina.
Sumter County Coroner Robbie Baker said Monday that the autopsy showed the fetus was male and between 13 to 15 weeks.
Baker said it was determined that there was no trauma to the fetus and it was stillborn.
According to Baker, this is not a legal death because the fetus was premature and never took a breath.
Baker said the race of the fetus is unknown at this time because the fetus sat in the sewer chemicals for at least a day.
The next step in the investigation is for the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division to test tissue samples in hopes of determining race and finding the mother.
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