Fetus found among sewage at plant in Rio Rico

An employee at the Nogales International Waste Water Treatment Plant in Rio Rico made a ghastly discovery on Friday afternoon when he spotted a fetus believed to have come through a sewer pipe.

“It was about the size of a hand,” said Sheriff Antonio Estrada. “One can’t help but wonder about the mother. What were her circumstances? What was her level of desperation? Could this have been a miscarriage?”

None of that may ever be known, Estrada said in a telephone interview on Sunday.