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Discovery of Baby Skeletons, Allegedly Aborted at Age 6 Month

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suspectedBANYUWANGI – The baby's skeleton found by residents in Musawi's fish pond, residents of the Papring Ward, Kelurahan/District of Kalipuro, Banyuwangi, Tuesday (7/1) last evening allegedly born prematurely. The suspicion was strengthened after the baby's skeleton was autopsied at the Judicial Medicine Installation (IKK) Blambangan Hospital yesterday (9/1).

The autopsy was led by the Head of IKK at Blambangan Hospital, Dr. Solakhudin. Actually the team of doctors did not get too much data on the baby's condition. "The baby is just a skeleton, So the cause of death is difficult to determine,"explained Solakhudin after performing the autopsy. Based on the inspection results, it's clear, long baby 31 centimeters by weight 150 gram is suspected of being born prematurely or born prematurely.

"The baby was born prematurely, that is, at around five to six months of gestation," he said. Solakhudin admitted that he did not know whether the baby was alive or not before he was found in a fish pond owned by residents of the Papring neighborhood, Kalipuro Village, that. “The baby is just a skeleton. To find out whether to breathe or not, Yes, I don't know because the internal organs are gone,he explained.

Based on the condition of the framework, it's clear, the baby is thought to have been in the catfish pond four or a week earlier. Allegedly, The baby who lives in the skeleton is eaten by catfish. "You can eat fish, but that's not in our realm to deliver," he said. Asked about the sex of the baby, Solakhudin conveyed based on the shape of the pelvis and the pelvic inlet, the skeletonized baby looked like a girl. "It's kind of mean, I am more inclined to women because it is based on the pelvis," he explained.

Meanwhile, Kalipuro Police officers who handled the case of finding the baby's skeleton are still continuing to investigate. Until yesterday, the police still have not succeeded in uncovering the person most responsible for the incident. "We are still collecting data,"explained the Banyuwangi Police Chief AKBP Yusuf through the Kapolsek Kalipuro AKP Sudarsono.

In order to reveal the identity of the baby, Kapolsek claimed to have recorded all the pregnant women around the scene. His party has also asked for information from a number of midwives in the Kalipuro District area. “Still there is no sign of the identity of the baby,He said. Asked about the results of the autopsy which said the baby was born prematurely, Sudarsono said he would study it. Because, The baby is thought to have been born prematurely. "It is suspected that the baby was forced to be born or aborted, then dumped into the fish pond. We're looking into that," he said. (radar)