WE'RE TRACKING DEVELOPMENTS IN
THE INVESTIGATION OF
A GRUESOME DISCOVERY OVER THE
WEEKEND IN JOHNSON CITY.
POLICE SAID TODAY A CITY
EMPLOYEE FOUND A HUMAN FETUS AT
THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT
FACILITY OVER THE WEEKEND.
TONIGHT - POLICE SAY THEY'RE
TRYING TO FIND THE MOTHER TO
MAKE SURE SHE'S OKAY.
THE WORKER FOUND THE FETUS
SATURDAY IN ONE OF THE INTAKE
FLOWS AT THE BRUSH CREEK
WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT
ON RIVERVIEW DRIVE.
POLICE SAID THAT SERVICES THE
AREAS SOUTH OF SCIENCE HILL HIGH
SCHOOL INTO MILLIGAN HIGHWAY AND
SINKING CREEK ROAD.
NEWS CHANNEL 11'S JUSTIN SOTO
HAS THE LATEST
INVESTIGATORS HERE AT JCPD ARE
STILL TRYING TO PIECE TOGETHER
TONIGHT HOW THIS HAPPENED, THE
FIRST TIME SOMETHING LIKE
THIS HAS HAPPENED HERE.
PEOPLE I SPOKE WITH NEAR THE
WATER PLANT TELL ME THEY'RE IN
SHOCK AND THEY'RE HOPING SOMEONE
COMES FORWARD.
SOT 6
"IT'S MORE THAN SHOCKING YOU
KNOW, IT'S MIND BLOWING." JOSHUA
WEBSTER LIVES JUST DOWN THE
STREET FROM THE JOHNSON CITY
WASTE WATER TREATMENT FACILITY.
SOT 7
"IT SHOCKS YOU TO THE VERY CORE
TO THINK THAT THAT HAPPENED
RIGHT
THERE TO THE WATER PLANT."
SHOCKED TO HEAR A WORKER FOUND A
HUMAN FETUS LAST SATURDAY IN
ONE OF THE INTAKE FLOWS.
A WORKER ON SITE MONDAY SAID A
CO-WORKER FOUND THE FETUS
RIGHT HERE NEAR THE BACK SIDE OF
THE PLANT.
SOT 5
"THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT
THIS HAS HAPPENED IN JOHNSON
CITY SO
THEY WERE PRETTY EMOTIALLY
SHAKEN ABOUT IT, THIS IS NOT
SOMETHING YOU WOULD EXPECT TO
HAPPEN ON A NORMAL DAY ON
THE JOB."
JOHNSON CITY POLICE
INVESTIGATORS SAY FOR NOW THEY
HAVE A TOP PRIORITY.
SOT 2
"RIGHT NOW WE'RE JUST TRYING TO
GET IN CONTACT TO FIND OUT WHO
THE
MOTHER WAS TO MAKE SURE SHE'S
OKAY, PHYSICALLY AND
EMOTIONALLY."
AND THEY'RE ASKING FOR THE
PUBLIC'S HELP.
SOT 3
"RIGHT NOW WE'RE HOPING THAT
SOMEBODY WILL COME FORWARD,
THAT SOMEBODY KNOWS SOMEBODY
THAT WAS PREGNANT, MAYBE
HAD SOME PREGNANCY ISSUES." SOT
12
"THEY CAN'T DEFEND THEMSELVES SO
THAT'S JUST HORRIBLE."
SAVANNAH JACKSON TELLS ME SHE
WAS DRIVING BY SATURDAY AND
SAW POLICE.
SOT 13
"HAD I KNOWN THAT I WOULD HAVE
STOPPED AND HELPED."
POLICE SAY THEY HOPE THEIR
INVESTIGATION...
AND CALLS FROM THE PUBLIC...
WILL ANSWER QUESTIONS.
FOR PEOPLE WHO LIVE NEARBY -
THEIR MINDS ARE ON THE TRAGEDY
OF IT ALL.
SOT 9
"PRAY FOR THAT LITTLE BABY"
POLICE STILL DON'T KNOW THE AGE
OR THE SEX OF THAT FETUS.
AN AUTOPSY WAS PERFORMED TODAY.
WE'RE EXPECTING TO LEARN MORE
ABOUT THOSE RESULTS TOMORROW.
