Lady, 20, might face expenses after miscarrying in NYC restaurant rest room: cops

A 20-year-old lady might face prison expenses after she apparently miscarried at a Manhattan restaurant final week, leaving the fetus behind and clogging the bathroom, officers mentioned this week. 

The male little one, believed to be 22 to 23 weeks gestation and weighing simply over a pound, was found simply earlier than 10 a.m. Sept. 30 contained in the restroom at Sophie’s Cuban Delicacies on Fulton Road close to Gold Road downtown, cops mentioned. 

“As of proper now, the [medical examiner’s office] states that it’s attainable that the fetus had taken one or two breaths, however not sufficient to maintain life,” NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny instructed reporters Tuesday.

Investigators consider the lady, a buyer on the eatery the day earlier than, went to the lavatory, the place she doubtless miscarried, Kenny mentioned. 

“She leaves the lavatory, and workers are alerted that the lavatory is soiled,” the chief mentioned. “The following day they arrive in and discover that it’s clogged.”

The employees quickly discovered the fetus inside the bathroom, with its placenta and umbilical wire nonetheless hooked up, in line with the police official. 

There was “nothing irregular in regards to the little one,” Kenny mentioned. 

The NYPD is now discussing the subsequent steps with the Manhattan District Legal professional’s Workplace.

“Most definitely, it might result in [the mom’s] arrest for concealment of a human corpse, which is an E felony,” Kenny mentioned.