What appears to be a human fetus in a specimen jar was found along a trail in west Jefferson County on Wednesday.
A work crew cleaning up the area made the discovery, Sheriff Mike Brasfield said Thursday. The find occurred at the Upper Bogachiel trailhead off Undie Road.
“It doesn’t seem to be a criminal assault or death,” Brasfield said.
It is too soon to tell exactly where the jar came from, he said.
The Sheriff’s Office will be contacting medical examiners across the state to see if the fetus had been taken from a laboratory.
