Police Investigate After Body of Infant Found at Asan Sewage Treatment Plant

Police have launched an investigation after the body of a baby boy was discovered at a sewage treatment facility in Asan, South Chungcheong Province.

According to the Asan Police Station and the Asan Fire Station, a report was received at around 11:30 PM yesterday (September 28) stating that what appeared to be the body of a child had been found at a sewage treatment facility in Tangjeong-myeon, Asan.

Emergency responders dispatched to the scene found the body of a baby boy, measuring 20 cm in height and weighing 110 g, inside a collection facility that filters out foreign substances from wastewater, and handed the remains over to the police.

The facility is owned by the city of Asan and is known to process wastewater discharged from various locations, including nearby businesses, dormitories, and residential areas.

Police are tracing the exact inflow route, keeping in mind the possibility that the fetus's body may have washed in through a drainage pipe.

They also explained plans to apply for a search warrant to conduct an autopsy on the body and request DNA testing.

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