autopsy to be performed on fetus found in n.y. teen\'s shopping bag
by:Taohan
2019-10-25
New York, October 18 (Reuters)-
The New York City forensic doctor will perform an autopsy on a teenage girl\'s shopping bag found in a human fetus on Friday, arrested on suspicion of stealing from a secret store in Victoria, Manhattan, authorities said. The 17-year-
On Thursday, a little girl from Brooklyn was stopped by security guards at the lingerie store after she and a friend were suspected of stealing from the shelves.
\"The security guard found a strong smell and found a fetus in the bag,\" Detective Mark Nell, a spokesman for the New York Police Department, said while checking her luggage . \".
Police arrested the teenager and her 17-year-old friend for minor theft from Queens.
The girl carrying the bag was taken to Bellevue Hospital for examination, police said.
According to spokeswoman Grace Burgess, the age and cause of death of the fetus will be determined by the forensic doctor later on Friday.
Authorities say it is not clear whether the Brooklyn girl is a mother or not, and if it is a mother, at the time of her labor.
The fetus was wrapped in clothes and buried under other items at the bottom of the shopping bag, police said. (
Edited by Alan woolhorst;
Editor of kamgunna)
The New York City forensic doctor will perform an autopsy on a teenage girl\'s shopping bag found in a human fetus on Friday, arrested on suspicion of stealing from a secret store in Victoria, Manhattan, authorities said. The 17-year-
On Thursday, a little girl from Brooklyn was stopped by security guards at the lingerie store after she and a friend were suspected of stealing from the shelves.
\"The security guard found a strong smell and found a fetus in the bag,\" Detective Mark Nell, a spokesman for the New York Police Department, said while checking her luggage . \".
Police arrested the teenager and her 17-year-old friend for minor theft from Queens.
The girl carrying the bag was taken to Bellevue Hospital for examination, police said.
According to spokeswoman Grace Burgess, the age and cause of death of the fetus will be determined by the forensic doctor later on Friday.
Authorities say it is not clear whether the Brooklyn girl is a mother or not, and if it is a mother, at the time of her labor.
The fetus was wrapped in clothes and buried under other items at the bottom of the shopping bag, police said. (
Edited by Alan woolhorst;
Editor of kamgunna)
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