(July 11, 2008)--Dirt taken from the suburban Houston backyard where a teenage girl's 5-month-old fetus was allegedly buried will be analyzed for evidence of human remains, investigators said.
The fetus was allegedly buried a month ago in the backyard of the Galena Park home of the 16-year-old girl’s mother.
The search ended Thursday without the recovery of a corpse.
Galena Park Police Chief Robert Pruett said the teen told officers her mother demanded an abortion in June after discovering the pregnancy.
The girl allegedly told police her mother gave her drugs to end the pregnancy, and then buried the fetus after it was born.
No criminal charges have been filed.
Pruett said cadaver dogs detected a scent while searching for the corpse in the backyard of the girl's suburban Houston home.
Pruett says dirt from that area will be examined by the Harris County Medical Examiner's Office.
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