The body of a newborn was found inside a freezer in a garage of a building in Allariz, Ourense, Spain. Authorities have opened an investigation to determine the causes of the baby's death, which may have died over two decades ago.
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07/11/2026
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O the body of a newborn was found inside a freezer in a garage of a building in Allariz, Ourense, Spain. The baby could be dead for over two decades.
According to the local newspaper La Region, Guardia Civil opened an investigation after the body of a newborn was discovered in a freezer last Monday.
The discovery was made by a woman as she removed the belongings of her recently deceased mother from the house. In the garage, the woman was shocked when she opened the freezer.
The remains will be autopsied by the Institute of Legal Medicine, which will allow us to discover more details about the death of the newborn and the cause. The information available indicates that the baby is born after a pregnancy of 32 to 34 weeks.
La Region also points out that death was not recent and that, according to the authorities' estimates, it may have occurred more than two decades ago.
Authorities will also have collected the DNA of several people to determine the identity of the baby and sent the samples to a laboratory in Madrid.
The investigation will further determine whether the baby was born dead or alive and whether death was caused by negligence or lack of care.