Exclusive: Federal Agents Found Fetuses in Body Broker’s Warehouse

Exclusive: Federal Agents Found Fetuses in Body Broker’s Warehouse
In a photograph obtained by Reuters, a fetus lies alongside a government evidence marker. Government photo via REUTERS
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WASHINGTON—Federal agents discovered four preserved fetuses in the Detroit warehouse of a man who sold human body parts, confidential photographs reviewed by Reuters show.

The fetuses were found during a December 2013 raid of businessman Arthur Rathburn’s warehouse. The fetuses, which appear to have been in their second trimester, were submerged in a liquid that included human brain tissue.