Baby Corpses Found in Storage Locker in Canada

Several baby corpses were found in a storage locker in Canada. The bodies were discovered on Monday during a routine inventory.

At least three baby corpses were found at a U-Haul facility in Winnipeg. It was a routine inventory of a storage locker that the staff was performing with a delinquent owner. The baby corpses were found in various stages of decomposition. Police were immediately called as the decomposed corpses were removed from the storage. The Star reported that the remains of the baby corpses were decomposed in such a manner that it was not possible to determine how many of them really were there. According to Const. Eric Hofley, the incident was "tragic beyond belief."

Now police are going to carry out autopsies to find out the exact number of babies found at the storage. At the same time, the cause of death is going to be determined by the autopsy, which will also determine the age of the corpses. Hofley said that the babies either were just born or belonged to a "very young age." They were "certainly not children," he said. He said that more information would be available on Wednesday. He said that he had never experienced such a thing in his 14 years of service.

Even though police did not reveal the identity of the storage facility, CBC News reported that the central Winnipeg U-Haul is situated on the Elgin Avenue and the McPhillips Street. The staff at the U-Haul Company of Central Canada refused making any comment on the incident. Marketing Company President Razmin Mansoub issued an official statement, which confirmed the discovery by the staff. "They immediately contacted law enforcement who believed the locker contained human remains. U-Haul is deeply shocked and saddened by this discovery," the statement said.

According to police, the deaths of the babies were "suspicious." However, it was emphasised that the investigation was still at quite an early stage to come to any conclusion. The case is presently dealt by child-abuse experts even though homicide investigators had been contacted. Police also said that there was no report of any missing infants in the locality.

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