News brief: “Remains” found under sink after apparent miscarriage to be examined by coroner

By Sharyn  L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter

Centralia police detectives are investigating if any criminal circumstances are involved in an overnight incident in which a young woman was hospitalized after suffering an apparent miscarriage.

The 25-year-old woman was taken by ambulance to Providence Centralia Hospital, and staff there asked police to check the welfare of a possible fetus she said had expired and was at her home, according to police.

Neighbors had called 911 after hearing calls for help coming from her residence, according to police.

Officers responded about 2:15 a.m. to the home where they found “the remains” in a container under a sink.

Centralia Police Department spokesperson John Panco indicated that was the primary unusual circumstance that prompted detectives to investigate.

He declined to comment if the size of the “remains” were of a size to be expected.

“Anytime we go to a residence and find remains in a container under a sink in a residence, we have to keep it open for the possibility of a crime,” Panco said.

The woman said she was about 21-weeks along, police reported. She said she spontaneously aborted the fetus during the night, Panco said.

Panco said he wasn’t aware if anyone had been with the woman at her home.

The police department did not reveal the woman’s identity, or even the location of her home except to say it was in the city of Centralia.

The remains have been turned over the the Lewis County Coroner’s Office.

Detectives are still in the early stages of their investigation, working in conjunction with the prosecutor’s office,  according to police.

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