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Body of Newborn Found at Finistère Waste Sorting Center as Brest Prosecutor Opens Inquiry

Investigators seek to determine if the remains are a late-term fetus or a newborn before tracing how they entered the facility.

Overview

  • An employee at the TriGlaz center in Plouédern discovered the body Monday morning on the manual sorting line for yellow-bin waste.
  • The gendarmerie and Finistère forensic identification unit are on site, with a medical examination ordered to assess age and potential viability.
  • Brest prosecutor Stéphane Kellenberger opened a cause-of-death investigation under Article 74 and assigned the Landerneau research brigade.
  • Operations were halted for the day and a psychological support unit was established for staff, company officials said.
  • The origin is unresolved as the site receives collections from Finistère, Morbihan and Côtes-d’Armor, and authorities must reconstruct truck routes.