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Guardia Civil Probes Fetus Found in Freezer at Toledo Home as Forensic Tests Begin

Social services had the family under supervision with plans to act once a birth was confirmed.

Overview

  • With judicial authorization, agents entered a residence in Alberche del Caudillo on 9 September and recovered the remains from a household freezer.
  • The Instituto de Medicina Legal de Toledo is assessing gestational age and whether there was a live birth or a spontaneous abortion, with early indications noting no obvious signs of violence.
  • According to investigators, the 40-year-old informed her mother weeks after the late-August event, and the grandmother reported the case to social services, who alerted the Guardia Civil.
  • The woman remains under investigation and is at liberty after giving a statement, as authorities point to documented addiction issues and existing protective measures for her children.
  • Regional officials say intervention was constrained because the birth did not occur in a health facility, and the investigation continues under judicial direction.