Mummified baby found in Quebec home likely hidden pregnancy from 1940s: coroner
MONTREAL — A Quebec coroner says the mummified remains of a baby found hidden in the basement ceiling of a Montreal-area home was most likely a hidden pregnancy dating back to the late 1940s.
There are still details, however, that probably never will be known about the body of the full-term female fetus that was wrapped in newsprint when it fell on the head of a construction worker in January 2017.
Coroner Steeve Poisson wrote in a short report made public on Thursday that the autopsy was not able to determine how the girl died or whether she was born alive.
The remains bore no marks and a toxicology report wasn’t possible.