Suspected Shoplifter Found Carrying Fetus

Guard at a Victoria's Secret store in New York City makes appalling discovery

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A New York City police officer stands in front of the Victoria's Secret Herald Square store in midtown Manhattan, Thursday, Oct. 17, 2013, in New York.

What began as a routine search at a Victoria’s Secret outlet in Manhattan turned into something horrifying, after a security guard stopped two 17-year-old customers at the store and found that one of them was carrying a human fetus in her bag.

According to an AP report, the guard approached the customer because a “strong odor” was emanating from her bag. The customer was apparently carrying the remains after delivering the fetus a day earlier because she “didn’t know what to do.” Both of the teenagers were arrested at the scene by police who have opened an investigation. A local medical examiner is reportedly performing an autopsy on the fetus.

[AP]