Fetus Found in Rialto Sewer Plant (Murcury News 05102006) Male fetus was found lodged in the filtering system of the city's wastewater treatment plant..

You know we go throughout life and we see these children thrown away, but we never think that it could be in our back yard. Until it is in our back yard. Well. I am sorry that the Girl that had the baby felt so trapped that she threw the baby into the garbage or toilet somewhere where it would fit down the drain. It just makes you feel sick, that you were not there to help in some way, this girl stuck and didn't have away out. I feel for her where ever she is.

BSRancher...

Fetus found in Rialto sewer plant

Associated Press

RIALTO, Calif. - A male fetus was found lodged in the filtering system of the city's wastewater treatment plant.

Tuesday morning's discovery led to the plant's closure and police were called. Authorities initially considered the discovery a homicide but a coroner's pathologist later determined the fetus was so small that it could not have survived outside the womb, police said.

"At this point, with the pathologist's determination, we are no longer considering this a criminal offense," said police Detective Kurt Kitterle.

Authorities believe the fetus was flushed into the sewage system because it was found in a bin that holds solid waste, Kitterle said. Most of the sewage that flows into the plant comes from Rialto, with small amounts generated in the nearby cities of Fontana and Bloomington, police said.

No autopsy is planned, Kitterle said.

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Information from: The Sun, http://www.sbsun.com/