A case in Porto Cristo, Mallorca, has drawn scrutiny as doctors assess a newborn rescued from a container. One early assessment labeled the infant a fetus incompatible with life. According to individuals familiar with the inquiry, medical staff declared the baby dead when local police transported the body to the hospital, noting that the child had not yet developed lung function and appeared to be breathing through the umbilical cord. The autopsy did not yield a definitive conclusion, and experts expect the analysis of samples sent to the National Institute of Toxicology and Forensic Sciences to confirm the initial findings. While the baby’s mother and her uncle remained in precautionary custody on murder charges, the sister of the woman was released on related suspicions by the Manacor judicial authority overseeing the case.
The National Police, which arrested three suspects, confirmed that the mother did not realize she was pregnant until two days before giving birth. Police records indicate she was admitted to the hospital on October 31 after experiencing severe abdominal pain, and a doctor performed a test that revealed the pregnancy after the twenty-seventh week. The doctor who learned of the rescue and the ongoing investigation contacted the National Police to report the suspicious circumstance. This information helped agents center their inquiry on the expectant mother within hours. Furthermore, a relative provided her phone number, enabling investigators to locate and arrest her the day after the newborn was found at a rural property near Porto Cristo.
Narrative gaps
Sources also note that the mother’s sister and brother-in-law were apprehended after wiretapping investigations, with their involvement corroborated by multiple witnesses and apparently security camera footage. Investigators say the trio was en route to the hospital when the birth occurred in the car, and they then disposed of the newborn in a garbage container. The evidence indicates that the man was responsible for discarding the infant into the storage area while the mother and her sister remained in the vehicle, and he observed the event on the street.