Vanessa Oglesbee

LIMA, Ohio (WLIO) - A Lima woman is in custody after police say a fetus was found in a dumpster.

21-year-old Vanessa Oglesbee was booked into the Allen County Jail Thursday evening, hours after Lima police officers were called to Maplewood-Northwood Apartments for a fetus found in a dumpster. Oglesbee is charged with abuse of a corpse. Detective Steve Stechschulte says the fetus has been sent to the Montgomery County Coroner's Office to determine its gestational age. This investigation remains ongoing.

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