Overview
- A relative cleaning a private storage room in central Allariz discovered the infant inside a freezer after the unit’s owner recently died.
- The Guardia Civil of Orense has taken charge of the inquiry and the case is under the jurisdiction of the Juzgados de Orense with judicial secrecy in place.
- The remains were sent to the Instituto Legal y Forense de Galicia for autopsy and forensic tests that aim to establish cause of death and when the body was hidden.
- Preliminary indications reported by investigators suggest about 32 weeks’ gestation and the possibility the body was concealed for decades, but final findings have not been released.
- Authorities are weighing two main hypotheses — a stillbirth later hidden or a live birth followed by death — and results from the autopsy will determine whether the probe expands and if any criminal charges follow.