The Spanish Civil Guard has launched an investigation following the discovery of a newborn baby's body inside a chest freezer. The remains were located in a storage room situated within the garage area of a block of flats in Allariz, in the Ourense province of north-west Spain.
According to reports from the local newspaper La Región, the discovery occurred last Monday when a woman was sorting through the belongings of her mother, who had recently passed away. Upon opening the freezer, she found the body of the infant.
Initial data suggest the baby may have been born following a pregnancy of between 32 and 34 weeks and is believed to have breathed. However, officials noted that a formal autopsy conducted by the Galician Institute of Legal Medicine is required to definitively establish the circumstances and cause of death.
Investigators are actively working on the case and have begun taking statements from individuals who were close to the former owner of the freezer. Furthermore, DNA samples have been forwarded to a laboratory in Madrid to assist in identifying the biological parents of the child. Authorities are also considering the possibility that the death occurred elsewhere in the province and that the body was subsequently transported to the Allariz location inside the freezer.
The investigation is currently ongoing under judicial secrecy, as ordered by the court in Ourense overseeing the matter. Officers are focused on determining the timeline and nature of the death, as well as clarifying how the body came to be stored in the freezer.
