THREATENING.  
FOR NOW LIVE IN PATTERSON, NEW 
JERSEY WITH CHANNEL 7 
EYEWITNESS NEWS. 
>>> NOW TO A DISTURBING 
DISCOVERY NEAR A SCHOOL IN 
BROOKLYN.  
A WOMAN FOUND A FETUS INSIDE A 
BAG ON THE STREET IN EAST NEW 
YORK. 
>> INVESTIGATORS ARE TRYING TO 
FIGURE OUT WHAT HAPPENED.  
SANDRA BOOKMAN IS LIVE IN EAST 
YORK WITH THE DETAILS.  
>> Reporter: THAT'S EXACTLY ONE 
OF THE QUESTIONS POLICE ARE 
TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, WHAT 
HAPPENED.  
THEY ALSO WANT TO KNOW WHO 
WOULD LEAVE A FETUS ON A STREET 
CORNER AND WHY.  
>> THIS IS JUST LAYING THERE.  
IT WAS JUST A FETUS UNCOVERED 
AND YOU COULD TELL IT WAS DEAD. 
>> Reporter: ORLANDO READ THIS 
DRIVING THE SHOCKING DISCOVERY 
MADE BY A NEIGHBOR WALKING HIS 
DOG EARLY THIS MORNING.  
WHAT POLICE NOW DESCRIBE AS A 
FETUS APPROXIMATELY 20 WEEKS 
OLD AND LIKELY NOT VIABLE 
OUTSIDE OF THE WOMB LEFT IN THE 
DIRT UNDERNEATH A TREE RIGHT 
NEXT TO A SCHOOL.  
A BAG OF BLOOD CLOTHING 
REPORTEDLY NEARBY.  
>> IT'S KIND OF CRUEL AND 
HEARTLESS, ACTUALLY.  
>> Reporter: VERONICA SEXTON'S 
MOTHER LIVES JUST ACROSS THE 
STREET.  
SHE SAYS SHE FIRST NOTICED WHAT 
LOOKED LIKE TRASH THERE 
YESTERDAY.  
>> CONSIDERING ALL THE TRASH 
YOU SEE IN THE CITY ON A 
REGULAR BASIS I NEVER SEEN 
NOTHING LIKE THAT BEFORE.  
I NEVER THOUGHT TO HEAR THIS 
TODAY.  
>> Reporter: WHILE THE MEDICAL 
EXAMINER WILL DETERMINE THE 
CAUSE OF DEATH CRIME SCENE 
INVESTIGATORS SPENT MOST OF THE 
DAY HERE ON BRADFORD STREET 
LOOKING FOR EVIDENCE INCLUDING 
VIEWING SECURITY CAMERA VIDEO 
AND TALKING TO NEIGHBORS. 
MANY WONDERING HOW THIS COULD 
HAPPEN.  
>> I JUST HOPE THE PERSON WHO 
EVER IT IS GETS HELP.  
HOPEFULLY THEY GET SOME HELP. 
>> Reporter: POLICE ALSO SAID 
TO BE CANVASSING LOCAL HOSPITALS
THEY SAY THEY ARE LOOKING FO
