A cemetery caretaker who was needed for questioning concerning the our bodies of six new child infants discovered discarded close to the cemetery within the Dominican Republic’s capital turned himself into authorities Friday, police mentioned.
The person, recognized as Hilario Pascual, spoke in a video assertion posted on-line earlier than he turned himself in alleging that the our bodies had been dropped off on the cemetery after hours and that he had already began ingesting and forgot about them.
The incident shocked and perplexed many within the Caribbean nation. The our bodies have been discovered simply outdoors the cemetery in Santo Domingo early Wednesday and prompted police to launch an investigation.
A spokeswoman for Juan Bosch Metropolis Hospital, situated close by, mentioned the establishment had transferred the our bodies of six newborns Tuesday to funeral house El Widespread for correct burial. The proprietor of the funeral house, recognized as Julián Encarnacion Montero, instructed Noticias SIN that the our bodies have been taken to the cemetery and given to the caretaker.
The newborns had died on completely different dates of various causes, in accordance with authorities who mentioned mother and father don’t at all times declare the our bodies as a result of they’re unable to pay for a funeral or burial.
Hospital officers have mentioned that a number of weeks can go by between a demise and a burial as a result of a funeral house is contracted as soon as the establishment has a sure variety of our bodies.
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