A search warrant sheds new details in a case where a fetus was found in a box buried in a Lancaster County yard earlier this month. The search warrant documents obtained by abc27 News show Susquehanna Regional Police were told on March 6 that an in-home pregnancy test was taken

The Lancaster County Coroner’s Office says it recovered a fetus buried in a yard earlier this week. Coroner Dr. Stephen Diamantoni says the fetus was buried in the yard of a Maytown area home. The fetus was determined to be severely premature and had not reached the age of viability.

An investigation is underway after the remains of a premature baby were discovered buried in a box behind a home in Lancaster County, authorities confirmed to WGAL News 8 on Wednesday, March 12. The baby girl’s remains were found in the backyard of a home on Village Square Drive in East