UNION CITY — Police here are investigating how a bloody fetus came to end up in the toilet of a local residence that was supposed to be unoccupied and soon go on the real estate market.
Now, police not only have to figure out how the fetus died, but to locate the mother as well. Authorities say there was evidence of a violence in the residence, a possible indication that the mother had a miscarriage after being assaulted. Police were called to the home on Nov. 15, and declared the home to be a potential crime scene. Earlier in the month, the property owner had planned to sell the house and hired an appraiser, who observed evidence of squatters living there, including garbage piling up at the residence, authorities said.