WILL COUNTY, IL — The Will County Sheriff's office is investigating after fetal remains were discovered on the property of a doctor who passed away earlier this month. According to the sheriff's office, an attorney representing the family of Dr. Ulrich Klopfer was going through the doctor's personal property in unincorporated Will County when the remains were discovered. The attorney contacted the coroner's office around 3:30 p.m. Thursday and requested that the remains be properly removed.

Will County Sheriff's Detectives, Crime Scene Investigators and representatives from the Will County Coroner's Office arrived at the address in unincorporated Will County, and personnel were directed to an area of the property where 2,246 medically preserved fetal remains were located, the sheriff's office said. The Will County Coroner's Office took possession of the remains.



Klopfer died Sept. 3, according to the Will County Sheriff's Office. Will County court records list an address for Klopfer in Crete. Klopfer's family is cooperating fully with the investigation, the sheriff's office said, and there is no evidence that any medical procedures were conducted at the property.

Klopfer was a former Indiana abortion provider whose license was revoked by the state in 2016 for failing to exercise reasonable care and violating notice and documentation requirements, according to WNDU. He was found guilty of five charges but was told he could apply for reinstatement in six months. According to the South Bend Tribune, Klopfer "spoke of a 10-year-old girl raped by her uncle who he performed an abortion on in an Illinois hospital but didn't notify police about the child abuse," and let go home with her parents, who had chosen not to report the abuse. The paper called him "likely Indiana's most prolific abortion doctor in history," performing tens of thousands of procedures.

The investigation is a joint effort by the Will County Coroner's Office, the Will County Sheriff's Office and the Will County State's Attorney's Office.