Ashdod, Israel - Police Have Given Up Finding The Corpse Snatched By Orthodox Jews

Ashdod, Israel - Police said they had given up searching for the corpse of a baby girl snatched by Orthodox Jews who opposed her autopsy.

Authorities said they believed that the tiny corpse had been secretly buried after it was removed from a morgue in the coastal city of Ashkelon on Sunday during a clash between stone-throwing Orthodox protesters and police.
Police wanted an autopsy of the baby. “There were people within the community who understood and realised we were going to carry out an autopsy and therefore wanted to bury the baby as quickly as possible to prevent this,” said an Israeli police spokesman.

Roadblocks were set up around Ashkelon to search cars exiting the city, and police said that they still hope to find those responsible for sawing through an iron-bar window and ferrying away the baby’s corpse.