Partially Burned Fetuses Found in Oklahoma Field
Two passers-by found 173 partially burned fetuses Wednesday in a field formerly owned by a doctor, officials said.
Larry Balding, a pathologist with the state medical examiner’s office, said it was likely they came from an abortion clinic. Suction-tube gauze containers were found with the fetuses, he said.
“These babies were just carted like garbage out here,” Sheriff Bud Davis said.
Dist. Atty. Miles Zimmerman said it was unclear whether Oklahoma has a law governing the disposal of human fetuses.
The fetuses were found on a vacant property near Shawnee, about 35 miles east of Oklahoma City, Assistant Dist. Atty. Ed Terry said.
State medical examiners identified 48 of the fetuses as human, with the oldest being 20 weeks old. It was not clear when medical examiners would finish examining the others, which were in varying states of decomposition.
Zimmerman said the field was owned until November, 1991, by Dr. Nareshkumar Patel of Shawnee.
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