Description

This Unidentified African American Male fetus at approximately 6 months gestation was found dead on November 13th, 1970 in a communal toilet at a rooming house located at 4067 North 19th Place in Milwaukee, WI. A tenant at the rooming house went to use the communal toilet and found the fetus in the toilet. The fetus had been preserved in Formalin and was autopsied prior to being found. (Formalin is a liquid used to preserve biological specimens) Residents of the rooming house had no knowledge of the fetus being there and stated that the rooming house is within a block from the Rufus King High School and students frequently use the communal toilet.