Baby's body found in freezer in north-western Spain

The Civil Guard in Spain is investigating the discovery of a newborn baby's body inside a chest freezer, Euronews reported on 7 November 2026. The body was discovered in a storage room at an apartment block in Allariz, a town in the province of Ourense in north-western Spain. [1][4]

Euronews reported, citing the local newspaper La Región, that a woman found the newborn's body on the preceding Monday. She discovered the body after opening a chest freezer while sorting through the belongings of her recently deceased mother. The freezer was located in a storage room within the garage area of the building. [1]

Preliminary information indicates that the newborn may have been inside the freezer for more than 20 years, according to Euronews and La Región. [1]

Ourense is the capital city of the Ourense province, located in the autonomous community of Galicia in north-western Spain. [4]