Scary details of the discovery of dead babies at a pumping station: brought with sewage

Perhaps the mother had a miscarriage and got rid of the twins

New details have emerged about the discovery of two infant bodies at a pumping station in New Moscow. They were discovered by workers clearing the wastewater treatment plant's sewer from debris that had come from sewers and drains.

Photo: Liliya Sharlovskaya

As MK learned, the first body of the baby was discovered on the afternoon of March 18 by a 66-year-old employee of a pumping station in the village of Moskovsky. Her responsibilities include removing debris that has accumulated in the collector every 2 hours so that it does not clog the grates. This part of the treatment plant receives water that comes from the sewer system. The woman made a terrible discovery in accumulated household waste. The typist immediately informed management about what had happened, and law enforcement officers went to the scene. When examining the body, criminologists determined that it was a miscarriage — a female fetus with a period of approximately 4.5 months and a length of 27 cm. The duration of death was approximately 24 hours. The newborn has a wound on the head in the parietal region.

Employees from the same pumping station discovered a second female body on Tuesday evening under similar circumstances. In all likelihood, the mother of the children had a miscarriage and she got rid of the bodies by throwing them into the sewer.

As reported by the senior assistant to the head of the Main Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee of Russia in Moscow, Yulia Ivanova, two criminal cases have been opened on the grounds of a crime under the law. 1 tbsp. 109 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (“Causing death by negligence”). Investigators and forensic scientists have already examined the scene, interviewed pumping station employees and studied CCTV footage. Now law enforcement agencies are trying to establish the identity of the children's mother.