Floral tributes to tragic baby

9:00am Monday 18th March 2013 in News

FLOWERS have been left in the lane where a newborn baby’s body was found abandoned in a plastic bag.

Mourners for the unknown child also placed a teddy bear next to the cordoned off area in Ox Hey Lane, Lostock, where the body was found by dog walkers on Thursday.

There were no messages or notes left with the poignant tributes.

Police carried out another search of the area on Saturday and post-mortem tests are due to take place today.

No further clues to the identity of the baby have been found.

The dog walkers who found the baby have declined to speak to The Bolton News about the discovery.

The infant was wrapped in clothes and a plastic bag, along with a note written in English requesting an Islamic burial.

The age, sex and ethinicity of the child are still unknown and police would not say what condition the baby was in.

It was also not clear if the baby had been alive or was stillborn or how it came to be at the site, which is near Bolton Wanderers’ academy training ground.

Police were unable to say how long the baby had been there, but say they are concentrating their investigation on the last three or four days.

Ch Insp Carol Martin, from Bolton police, said: “Obviously this is an extremely upsetting incident and our investigation at the moment is two-fold: finding out how and when the baby died and locating the parents.

“I cannot begin to imagine what either parent may be going through and we are very worried about their physical and emotional state.

“It is likely the mother in particular will require some form of medical attention and I want to appeal directly to both parents or anyone who knows them to contact police or visit your GP or local hospital.” Anyone with information can call police on 101.

Comments (6)

12:14pm Mon 18 Mar 13

boltonnut says...

Dam shame,no excuse for dumping a baby it's barbaric.Poor soul never had a chance.Somebody has to be accountable,whether it be the mother or other family members for not supporting the mother of this unfortunate baby.R.I.P. little one.
Dam shame,no excuse for dumping a baby it's barbaric.Poor soul never had a chance.Somebody has to be accountable,whether it be the mother or other family members for not supporting the mother of this unfortunate baby.R.I.P. little one. boltonnut

12:44pm Mon 18 Mar 13

Bolton1982 says...

Sod the emotional or physical state of the mother!!! It's a horrible thing to do. I hope that they bleed out or get hit by a bus! At the end of the day the mother is responsible for sorting anything that the baby needs, whether it is milk, hugs or a new family. That person has failed as a mother and as a human being!
Sod the emotional or physical state of the mother!!! It's a horrible thing to do. I hope that they bleed out or get hit by a bus! At the end of the day the mother is responsible for sorting anything that the baby needs, whether it is milk, hugs or a new family. That person has failed as a mother and as a human being! Bolton1982

3:26pm Mon 18 Mar 13

Hough64 says...

Bolton1982 wrote:
Sod the emotional or physical state of the mother!!! It's a horrible thing to do. I hope that they bleed out or get hit by a bus! At the end of the day the mother is responsible for sorting anything that the baby needs, whether it is milk, hugs or a new family. That person has failed as a mother and as a human being!
Nice!!
[quote][p][bold]Bolton1982[/bold] wrote: Sod the emotional or physical state of the mother!!! It's a horrible thing to do. I hope that they bleed out or get hit by a bus! At the end of the day the mother is responsible for sorting anything that the baby needs, whether it is milk, hugs or a new family. That person has failed as a mother and as a human being![/p][/quote]Nice!! Hough64

8:53pm Mon 18 Mar 13

georgethebrave says...

Such a shame that the only thing the parent(s) were concerned about was the funeral arrangements! I hope the very least they did was face the poor little soul towards mecca when they dumped it's body in the dirt!
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RIP unknown child, I hope your mother has as much faith in the god she has requested to look after you in her afterlife, she will need it!
Such a shame that the only thing the parent(s) were concerned about was the funeral arrangements! I hope the very least they did was face the poor little soul towards mecca when they dumped it's body in the dirt! . RIP unknown child, I hope your mother has as much faith in the god she has requested to look after you in her afterlife, she will need it! georgethebrave

8:13am Tue 19 Mar 13

Wolfie190 says...

Did anybody else expect this baby to be Asian and female as soon as the news broke ? and all the police are concerned about is the welfare of the mother. Dumping babies around the place is not how we do things in the UK and thats the second one in our area in less than six months.
Did anybody else expect this baby to be Asian and female as soon as the news broke ? and all the police are concerned about is the welfare of the mother. Dumping babies around the place is not how we do things in the UK and thats the second one in our area in less than six months. Wolfie190

5:34pm Tue 19 Mar 13

mr.mark.c says...

I wont judge the mother as we do not know what her state of mind was.
R.I.P Little one :(
I wont judge the mother as we do not know what her state of mind was. R.I.P Little one :( mr.mark.c

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