Plumbers’ Fetus Discovery in a Sewer Pipe Leads to Philly Police Investigation
- Posted on February 21, 2012 at 7:32pm by
Billy Hallowell
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A disturbing discovering in a sewer pipe on Monday has led to a Philadelphia police investigation. In the city’s Kensington neighborhood, contractors working on a clogged toilet found the remains of a human fetus. Philly.com reports:
Two plumbers opened a pipe in the basement of a home in the 800 block of East Russell Street about 4 p.m. and found the remains while removing debris from a pipe leading to a second-floor toilet, Chief Inspector Scott Small said.
They dialed 911, and responding officers and investigators determined the remains were human, Small said.
The fetus was about 6 inches long and showed no signs of decomposition, he said.
While authorities aren’t yet sure how developed the baby was, they estimate that it was between three and four months in the development stage. Aside from looking into how the baby made its way into the sewer pipe, police will be doing an autopsy to determine the cause of death.
“It may not be a crime scene,” says Chief Inspector Scott Small. “We’re still going to look into how developed the child was. But at this point it appears that someone may have had a miscarriage.”
Authorities, though, are still exploring the possibilities. Police have already interviewed a couple in their 60s who live in the house to determine if anything criminal took place. The couple’s adult daughter, who neighbors say they do not believe was pregnant and who also lives in the home, wasn’t there when investigators arrived. It is possible, officials claim, that a pregnant woman was renting a room at the home.
A “for rent” sign is currently outside — which causes one to wonder if this theory holds merit. Investigators will continue to explore who else may have been on the property of late.
(H/T: NBC Philadelphia)
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Comments (57)
DD313
Posted on February 22, 2012 at 6:59amGreat headline, Blaze, you made it look like the fetus belonged to the plumber.
Report Post »bassist237
Posted on February 22, 2012 at 9:07amHahahaha!!
Report Post »SeeingThingsClearly
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 4:37pmlol…I thought the same!
Report Post »JJ Coolay
Posted on February 22, 2012 at 12:30amHow would it be a crime scene at all? Abortion is perfectly fine!!!
END SARCASM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »JohnofOregon
Posted on February 22, 2012 at 12:58amWhat crime, this procedure is in obama-care. Hell, the plummer could be charged with interfering with a medical procedure or practicing medicine with out a licence.
I would think members of congress would being doing high fives and chest bumps.
Of course the dark overlords of the EPA will want to see the licence for dumping organic waste.
Report Post »Wolf
Posted on February 22, 2012 at 8:24amThe real problem is, JJ, that it’s all too honest a comment, as well. How can the police claim a crime has been committed when it‘s perfectly ’legal’ to have an abortion? Honestly, what crime has been committed? They can‘t call it ’murder’ and try someone for it unless they want also to try every abortion doctor. It’s a catch 22 for lawyers, for sure.
Report Post »do_it_all_again
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 11:22pm“Aside from looking into how the baby made its way into the sewer pipe, police will be doing an autopsy” — the baby didnt make its way into the sewer pipe, it was put there !
sick , sick, sick, people. no respect at all for human life.
Report Post »but if this was an animal of some sort there would be a federal investigation.
Detroit paperboy
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 11:53pmUhh, whatever happened to that little shop of horrors ? Just kinda got swept under the rug….then again , it was one of “ Holders ” people who ran that Hell Hole…. So…it was ok i guess…cuz that was in philly also…
Report Post »JohnofOregon
Posted on February 22, 2012 at 1:08amboth of you are right on.
Report Post »Imjetta
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 10:34pmSo the mother could have gone to Planned Parenthood or some other murderous outlet and it’s fine, but if she happens to have a miscarriage at home, it could lead to an investigation???
Report Post »Glenn, the world really is upsidedown.
red_white_blue2
Posted on February 22, 2012 at 8:37pmAgreed! Upside Down, Inside Out! FUBAR!!
Report Post »J.C. McGlynn
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 9:54pmThe crime, the lousy attitude of the people, the Gosnell abortion clinic, and now this. Everyone I know wants me to explain why I don’t like this city anymore. Just in case, I live maybe 10 minutes from this.
Report Post »Stoic one
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 9:51pmyour comment speaks volumes about anger and rage – me thinks this touches a raw nerve. In the arena of ‘ideas’ rational discourse works a little better.
Report Post »WeDontNeedNoSteenkinBadges11
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 9:40pm” “It may not be a crime scene,” says Chief Inspector Scott Small. “We’re still going to look into how developed the child was.”
Listen up, you Margarete-Sanger-black-baby-killer-racist Liberals! IT WAS A BABY!! A HUMAN BEING!!
Report Post »You Liberals are the ones organizing /committing /approving of MURDER beyond Hitler’s & Mao’s wildest nightmares!! And YOU must pay the penalty for CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT MASS MURDER.
Officers of The Law (and officers of The Law don‘t need no stinkin’ badges) … do your duty.
The Third Archon
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 11:40pmEven if that were true, you’ve no knowledge of whether or not it was a miscarriage or purposeful abortion that resulted in this fetuses premature birth.
Report Post »Brooke Lorren
Posted on February 22, 2012 at 12:17amLots of people have miscarriages. I had two at 13 weeks each (that’s 3 months). In my case, I had to go to the hospital each time to have a surgical abortion because I was bleeding to death, but that’s another story. The babies were no longer alive, I wanted them, but it was just not to be. I have two wonderful kids right now, and if God ever blessed me with a third, I would be delighted.
Report Post »Stevsea
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 9:26pm“just sayin’”….Please stop using that annoying saying. Are we all 8 years old? Makes you sound like the all knowing teacher to a bunch of morons…If this bothers you, “My Bad”….”And you should listen to this because?”…..Idiot juvenile language makes you sound like….idiot juveniles…..just sayin’.
Report Post »WeDontNeedNoSteenkinBadges11
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 9:47pmStevsea – “just sayin’”
That’s lawyer talk … it means you’re not “inciting”. Unless you’re a communist, black racist, Liberal, Occupy member, Bawney Fwank (fággot), or Barack Hussein Obama (Kenyan illegal alien) — then it’s OK to incite.
Report Post »paperpushermj
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 9:10pmThis is most likely a Miscarriage. The Fetus being disposed though as if it was similar to other Human Waste disturbs me. Whats the most disturbing is the blackness from the Female heart that must have watched as her Child disappeared from her sight.
Report Post »Brooke Lorren
Posted on February 22, 2012 at 12:21amHow do you know what she felt? If it was a natural miscarriage, what was she supposed to do with it? After I arrived at the hospital when I was having my first miscarriage, a lot of stuff came out. I’m sure that all of that ended up in the medical waste bin. It was an awful time. Until we know the whole story, there is nothing here to indicate any wrongdoing or wrong spirit.
Report Post »paperpushermj
Posted on February 22, 2012 at 8:03amBury it in the back Yard or some other place fitting like a Park. Say a prayer and show some respect but ill tell you what you don’t do is …..flush it down the toilet
Report Post »semihardrock
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 9:06pmI would check the bathrooms at the local Planned Parenthood to start with!
Report Post »JohnofOregon
Posted on February 22, 2012 at 1:13amwhy? planned parenthood sells the stemcells to california. they harvest the tissues and make big bucks. some of the kids are frozen and sent to other countries.
Don’ eat the sausage at a planned parent hood event
Report Post »JACKTHETOAD
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 8:37pmKelvin, I was going after the ‘It may not be a crime scene’ comment. I’ve never gone through the grief of a miscarriage, and I wasn’t thinking about those who have. I’m sorry if I sounded insensitive and caused you any bad feelings. Just sayin’…
Report Post »whatthecrazy
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 9:20pmSaying sorry can be hard to do.Good job
Report Post »ThePostman
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 8:33pmMIscarriages happen all the time, much more often than we think. Women miss a period and then have one the next month, but never think about it. Likely, a miscarriage. We can mourn this, but there is no need to investigate every single one of them, that is foolish. Now, when a doctor inserts razor sharp instruments into the womb in a direct effort to kill the live human being inside, that is not homicide either, that is murder. When a woman takes a pill to kill a fertilized fetus, that is murder.
They should test the body for the known abortion chemicals, and then imprison the woman who is found guilty. And any men that helped her do it, too.
Report Post »tzion
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 9:18pmI think you misspoke. Homicide and murder are synonymous terms.
Report Post »The Third Archon
Posted on February 22, 2012 at 12:08am“I think you misspoke. Homicide and murder are synonymous terms.”
Report Post »That’s what I was going to say–and also that abortion is neither of those, for in order to commit murder/homicide, one must have a man/person (a HUMAN) to kill. A fetus, lacking consciousness, is not a human–at best it has the potential to become a human.
3monkeysmomma
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 8:29pmOk, people lets not jump to conclusions. Women who are unfamiliar with labor do mistake the pain for feeling like the need to have a BM. I know somebody who had that happen and she was pretty far along at the time. If the fetus was very small, who knows?
Everyone just say a prayer for all parties involved.
Report Post »ThePostman
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 8:28pmThat’s pretty sad, but I seriously doubt this is a homicide. If the police want to find homicides in progress, they need merely visit their local planned parenthood.
Report Post »whatthecrazy
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 8:26pmCould have been the next President,how sad for this Baby.
Report Post »KangarooJack
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 8:17pmStop. Please, just stop.
This is NOT a story relating to abortion. It is NOT a story where ANYONE NEEDS to pray for the woman’s poor lost soul. I’ve had miscarriages. It’s not fun. It’s not planned. I think it is creepy those poor plumbers found what they found.
Report Post »Just Stop…please.
spirited
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 9:12pmYou are absouuuuuuutly correct.
>Imagine the horror the plumber(s) must have experienced. Yikes!!!
Report Post »Stoic one
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 9:26pmI have looked at all current 17 posts and this one actually reflects how I feel…….
I am currently working through a situation with a woman who is 24; her mother of record had died and her father produced adoption papers. The birth mother of this lady listed me as the biological father.
I become increasingly frustrated because these issues are being muddied by all parties.
The solution is actually simple: the government needs to BUTT OUT. The involved parties need to sit down with family, medical, and spiritual advisers; and decide what they are going to do.
25 yrs ago this biological mother ripped my heart out. I was a drunk. She, after a 2wk discussion, got what she wanted; an abortion. She insisted I go with her. There I ran into an acquaintance who informed me that ‘my woman’ was almost turned down. The reason: this was her FOURTH abortion! we did not last long after this. She left, turned up in Florida, pregnant again. She claimed the baby was mine and wanted information for the authorities. I wrote her back telling her to have them get in touch with me. I never heard from her.
My potential daughter found me through the web; we together tried to contact the mother. We heard nothing for five months. She pops up on the web; the same as way back then.
Take a HARD CLOSE look at your own toilet bowl. Anything that passes through would not be an abortion nor a murder. This story is about a very sad, very tragic event in a womans life; – a little compassion
Report Post »Stoic one
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 9:40pmThis story is about a very sad, very tragic event in a womans life; – a little compassion aye folks?
I am putting my experience here…maybe you child will benefit from reading this – maybe you will.
Report Post »Actions have consequences.
The Third Archon
Posted on February 22, 2012 at 12:12amWell, the fetus COULD be the result of an improvised abortion–but either way I wouldn’t find the mother morally blameworthy for anything. It is her RIGHT not to become a mother when she does not want to be one. We do not have a right to decide to NOT be parents once we are them, but we MUST have the right, if we have ANY right, to determine WHEN we will be parents ON OUR OWN TERMS, and NO ONE else’s. Not conservatives, not the Catholic Church’s, not the Protestant Church’s, or the Mosque’s, or the Synagogue’s terms. and not God’s terms even–but OUR terms. If we don’t have THAT right, the right to SELF-DETERMINE biological reproduction, then what rights DO we have?
Report Post »bitter clinger
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 8:15pmoops bad click.
Report Post »American Mensch
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 8:07pmI lost my son at 13 weeks at home, and it is possible that the unknown woman could have suffered a miscarriage, but did not go to the hospital. It is not required to report a miscarriage as far as I know, especially that early in the pregnancy. It is very sad indeed, but hardly criminal from what was reported. People should not be so quick to jump to the conclusion that this was an abortion or homicide. If this is a miscarriage, and the woman did not get follow-up care, I hope she did not have any complications. Serious infections, among other problems, can stem from a miscarriage. I’ll pray for this precious baby and the mother who lost her child.
Report Post »Patriot of My America
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 8:05pmThe woman that lost this Gift from God must surely be suffering Mental Anguish and physical pain. I am forgiving in my nature. May God heal her heart and body. And give her a vision of peace and wellness. I pray she is held up and given prayer as she is in her hour and moment of need. And it is all Christians to not judge this woman but to help her in this time of distress and anguish .. And I pray these words in the name of Our Lord Jesus Christ and Savior, For thine is the Glory and this is my heart. May God Bless us all… And I am in every day thankful for God’s patience with me.
Report Post »piper60
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 7:56pmReally? A fetus is equal to a “hot potato”?
Report Post »DividedWeFail
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 8:20pmConsidering it was flushed down a toilet – more like a goldfish. But at least the fetus was dead – unlike the poor goldfish.
Report Post »JACKTHETOAD
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 7:51pm“It may not be a crime scene?” What happened then? Did someone get the toilet pregnant?
Report Post »kelvin.johnson
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 8:11pmMy wife and I had a miscarriage in 2006. The baby was passed at a public bathroom. This was completely unexpected and devastating. So it may not be anything malicious.
Had I not experienced this I would probably suspect foul play and nothing else. Just sayn’.
Report Post »Chet Hempstead
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 8:13pmIt could have been a miscarriage. Even if it was aborted, abortion is not a crime. The only actual crimes would be practicing medicine without a license and improperly disposing of medical waste.
Report Post »Alvin691
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 7:49pmI can’t imagine being the guy who finds the baby. Ugh.
Report Post »Chet Hempstead
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 8:15pmI can’t imagine being him either since the best-case scenario for the guy would have been finding a huge lump of turd.
Report Post »honor007
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 7:47pmMy husband is a drain cleaner/plumber. That would be just horrible!!!
Report Post »sndrman
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 7:38pmwere the plumbers working at planned(abortion)parent-HOOD…or were they at the white house? you know to get the liberal womens’ vote……….
Report Post »Baddoggy
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 7:38pmCall it what it is…A HOMICIDE.
Report Post »AJAYW
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 7:41pmThat will never happen
Report Post »Komponist-ZAH
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 7:43pmPotential homocide.
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 8:02pmThis is the problem of getting Involved… even a MisCarriage can become a form of Murder!
Report Post »SoiledDove
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 8:06pmI‘m pretty sure having a miscarriage isn’t a homicide.
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