COVERAGE YOU CAN COUNT ON
BEGINS IN SOUTH
AUGUSTA...WHERE A HUMAN FETUS
WAS FOUND AT THE
WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT ON
DOUG BARNARD
PARKWAY.
TONIGHT THERE ARE A LOT OF
QUESTIONS, BUT IT MAY TAKE A
WHILE TO GET ANSWERS.
NEWSCHANNEL 6'S SAMANTHA
WILLIAMS IS LIVE AT THAT
TREATMENT PLANT. SHE'S BEEN
FOLLOWING THIS
STORY ALL EVENING, SAMANTHA--
THIS INVESTIGATION IS IN ITS
EARLY STAGES, INFORMATION IS
EXTREMELY LIMITED
RIGHT NOW. I CAME OUT EARLIER
TODAY WHEN DEPUTIES WERE HERE,
BUT THE PLANT CLOSED ITS GATE,
RESTRICTING ACCESS TO WHERE THE
FETUS WAS
FOUND..
I TALKED WITH CORONER MARK BOWEN
WHO TELLS ME THE FETUS
APPEARS TO BE SEVERAL MONTHS
OLD... BUT A LOT HAS TO BE DONE
BEFORE
ANYTHING IS CONFIRMED.
CORONER MARK BOWEN/ RICHMOND
COUNTY:
17:38:58
"I DON'T RECALL INVESTIGATING
ONE."
SAMANTHA:
FINDING A HUMAN FETUS IN
WASTEWATER... A CASE CORONER
MARK
BOWEN SAYS IS RARE.
WHAT WE KNOW SO FAR IS THAT
AUGUSTA WASTEWATER TREATMENT
PLANT
WORKERS WERE DOING MAINTENANCE
ON THEIR MAIN GRINDER, A CRUCIAL
MACHINE THAT BREAKS DOWN
WASTEWATER SOLIDS.
THAT'S WHEN AN EMPLOYEE FOUND
THE FETUS IN THE WASTEWATER.
BOWEN TELLS US IT APPEARED TO BE
AROUND 20 WEEKS OLD.
SAMANTHA TO BOWEN:
17:37:54
"DO WE KNOW IF SOMEONE FLUSHED
IT DOWN THE TOILET?" CORONER
MARK BOWEN/ RICHMOND COUNTY:
"NO. WE DON'T KNOW ANYTHING
RIGHT NOW. WE ARE ASSUMING FROM
WHERE IT WAS FOUND. WE HAVE VERY
LITTLE DETAILS. WE ARE GOING TO
CONSULT
WITH THE MEDICAL EXAMINERS."
SAMANTHA:
SEVERAL UNANSWERED QUESTIONS
REMAIN IN THE AIR... IT IS
UNCERTAIN HOW LONG THE FETUS HAS
BEEN IN THE GRINDER, ALL
DEPENDING ON HOW
OFTEN THE PLANT EMPLOYEES
MAINTAIN THE MACHINE.
BOWEN SAYS ONE THING IS
CERTAIN...
CORONER MARK BOWEN/ RICHMOND
COUNTY:
17:37:41
"IT IS GOING TO BE A LONG
INVESTIGATION."
I ASKED A PLANT WORKER A
QUESTION ABOUT THE CASE EARLIER,
BUT THEY ARE
NOT TALKING--
AS MORE INFORMATION BECOMES
AVAILABLE, COUNT ON US TO
KEEP YOU UPDATED.
LIVE IN AUGUSTA, SAMANTHA
WILLIAMS, WJBF NEWSCHANNEL 6
WE AREALSO FOLLOWING
