A Las Vegas hospital sent the fetuses of 16-week-old miscarried twins out with the laundry . Spring Valley Hospital Medical Center in Las Vegas sent the 16-week-old fetuses to a cleaning facility in nearby Henderson . The bodies were found in a laundry truck at the Angelica Corporation on Tuesday morning . Spring Valley Hospital Medical Center in Las Vegas , Nevada , ( pictured ) sent the fetuses of 16-week-old miscarried twins to a laundry facility in nearby Henderson . Foul play is not suspected . Police were called after workers at the facility made the horrifying discovery , the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported . At 16 weeks of development , fetuses are about 4.5 inches long and have eyes and ears , according to the Mayo Clinic . Henderson police spokeswoman Kathleen Richards declined to release a police report about the incident . Officers are still working to determine how the dead babies got mixed in with the laundry . Foul play is not suspected , according to FOX5 . The remains of the babies , which were wrapped in linen before they arrived at Spring Valley , are back in the hospital's possession . The bodies were found in a laundry truck at the Angelica Corporation ( pictured ) on Tuesday morning . Spring Valley Hospital spokeswoman Gretchen Papez said : 'After suffering a miscarriage at another location , the patient arrived via EMS with twins - early gestational , deceased fetuses . 'The fetuses had already been wrapped in linen prior to arrival at the hospital . 'We are currently reviewing the situation to determine what occurred . 'However , the remains are currently in the hospital 's possession and we are working with the family at this time . ' The 237-bed hospital opened in southwest Las Vegas in 2003 .
Spring Valley Hospital Medical Center made grisly error yesterday morning . Hospital sent bodies with load of linens to laundry facility in Henderson . The twins were miscarried elsewhere and arrived at hospital already dead . At 16 weeks , fetuses are about 4.5 inches long and have eyes and ears . Center has remains back and is 'working with the family at this time '