Newborn Body Discovered in Freezer at Spanish Apartment Building Triggers Civil Guard Probe
Spain's Civil Guard investigates a newborn found in a freezer in Allariz. Preliminary data suggests the infant was born at 32-34 weeks.
POLICY WIRE — Allariz, Spain — Authorities in north-western Spain have opened a criminal investigation after the remains of a newborn were located inside a chest freezer at a residential complex.
The grisly discovery was made last Monday in the Ourense province when a woman cleared out the storage space of her recently deceased mother, the local publication La Región reported.
The infant was found in a unit situated within the building’s garage area, prompting an immediate response from the state police.
Preliminary findings indicate the baby was likely born between the 32nd and 34th weeks of pregnancy and may have drawn breath after delivery.
Definitive conclusions regarding the cause and manner of death are pending the autopsy to be performed by experts at the Galician Institute of Legal Medicine.
Investigators have already questioned multiple associates of the former apartment owner and dispatched DNA samples to a laboratory in Madrid to identify the biological parents.
Police sources noted that authorities are not excluding the possibility that the infant died at a different location within the province before being transported to Allariz.
The case remains under active investigation with judicial secrecy imposed by the Ourense court overseeing the matter.
Officers are working to establish a precise timeline of the birth and death, as well as the circumstances that led to the body being concealed in the appliance.
Reporting by Policy-Wire (PW)