A 20-year-old woman could face criminal charges after she apparently miscarried at a Manhattan restaurant last week, leaving the fetus behind and clogging the toilet, officials said this week.
The male child, believed to be 22 to 23 weeks gestation and weighing just over a pound, was discovered just before 10 a.m. Sept. 30 inside the restroom at Sophie’s Cuban Cuisine on Fulton Street near Gold Street downtown, cops said.
“As of right now, the [medical examiner’s office] states that it’s possible that the fetus had taken one or two breaths, but not enough to sustain life,” NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny told reporters Tuesday.
