A DEAD FETUS WAS FOUND IN A RIFT
RO-- RESTROOM, RACHEL KIM WITH
MORE.
REPORTER: LAPD CALLS THIS A SAD,
SENSITIVE CASE, A DEATH
INVESTIGATION AFTER A
SIX-MONTH-OLD FETUS WAS FOUND
DEAD IN THE STORE, SHOPPERS AT
RALPHS WERE SHOCKED TO FIND OUT
WHY SO MANY POLICE CARS AND
DETECTIVES WERE AT THE STORE.
I CAN'T IMAGINE.
SO SAD.
REPORTER: LAPD SAID AFTER 3:00
P.M. ON WEDNESDAY, SOMEONE
CALLED 911 AFTER FINDING A 6
MONTH OLD FETUS IN A TOILET IN A
RESTROOM IN THE BACK OF THE CAR,
NOT ACCESSIBLE TO PUBLIC IT IS
UNCLEAR WHETHER THE MOTHER IS AN
EMPLOYEE OR CUSTOMER, BUT SHE IS
AN ADULT THEY TRACKED DOWN AT A
LOCAL HOSPITAL WHERE SHE
RECEIVED TREATMENT.
THEY DETERMINED MADE CONTACT
WITH THE MOTHER OF THE FETUS,
WAS THROUGH REVIEW OF
SURVEILLANCE FOOTAGE AND ALSO
INTERVIEWING WITNESSES.
DETECTIVES ARE INTERVIEWS HER
NOW TO FIGURE OUT CIRCUMSTANCES
THAT LEAD TO SOMEONE FINES THE
FETUS, THEY ARE TRYING TO
DETERMINE IF IT WAS A MEDICAL
EMERGENCY OR A CRIME.
WAS
DELIVERED?
THEY WILL DETERMINE, WHETHER
THERE IS A
MENTIONED BEFORE, A PERSON STATE
OF MIND, WHETHER THERE IS
CRIMINAL INTEND OR NOT, ALL
FACTORS IN.
REPORTER: SHOPPERS WERE SADDENED
AND ANGRY WHEN THEY HEARD THE
NEWS.
AS AN ADULT, YOU SHOULDN'T DO
THAT, YOU WE'RE TAUGHT CERTAIN
THINGS.
THIS IS KIND OF DIFFICULT TO
HAVE ANY COMPASSION FOR THAT
TYPE OF SITUATION, BUT I IMAGINE
SHE JUST HAVE BEEN GOING THROUGH
HER OWN PERSONAL HELL.
REPORTER: LAPD DETECTIVES WILL
WORK WITH THE CORONER OFFICE IN
THIS INVESTIGATION.
