A doctor was arrested in Poland after discovery of 34 human fetuses buried in the garden of his former residenceauthorities reported this Monday (15).
Magdalena H., 57 years old, with no criminal record, is suspected of having used the fetuses to carry out experiments and could face a sentence of up to 12 years in prison.
His case triggered a great controversy in this traditionally Catholic country, and many wonder how she managed to obtain the fetusestaking into account that Poland has one of the strictest abortion laws in the world.
For now, there is no evidence that she obtained them through illegal abortionsaccording to a spokesperson for the Public Ministry.
The charges against the doctor include crimes of vilification of corpses, inadequate waste management and abandonment of dangerous materials in an unauthorized location.
Last week, the Prosecutors received a tip that medical waste had been found during construction work at his former homelocated in the town of Lutoryz, in the southeast of the country.
After a search of the area, in which dozens of police officers, sensors and dogs participated, they were found.
“It is very likely that the detained woman used this waste to carry out experiments,” said spokesman for the Rzeszow District Prosecutor’s Office, Krzysztof Ciechanowski.
The doctor was arrested on Friday and was sentenced to three months in pre-trial detention.
Upon learning of the charges, she did not plead guilty, but stated that “she herself had taken and buried the human fetuses found on her property,” as well as other medical waste.
