Newborn baby girl is found dead on industrial estate rubbish tip – as police launch urgent hunt for mother
A newborn baby was found dead in a pile of rubbish at a warehouse, prompting a police investigation as detectives tried to track down the teenager’s mother.
Officers were called to a warehouse at Rowley Regis in the West Midlands on Thursday after staff at a private waste management firm made the grisly discovery just before noon.
Detectives believe the baby, believed to be a girl, was unknowingly transported to the depot in Station Road by waste workers on Wednesday.
They denied the company, which operates in the West Midlands, Staffordshire, Warwickshire and West Mercia, had any role in his death.
Police are urgently searching for the baby’s mother due to increasing concerns about her health.
“He may also need care, assistance or treatment,” a West Midlands Police spokesman said this afternoon.
‘You may be a mother, father, friend, teacher or lecturer who has noticed that someone you love has been acting differently lately.
‘We need anyone who can help us find the mother so we can offer her support from our expert staff.’
Investigations, including forensic medicine, are continuing to determine how the young girl died.
Police were called to Station Road in Rowley Regis yesterday after the body of a baby was found in a pile of rubbish (pictured)
Detective Chief Inspector Kylie Westlake, of West Midlands Police, urged anyone who knows anything to get in touch urgently using an email address. big event contact page It was created specifically for the public to submit information.
DCI Westlake said: “Although we don’t know what it is yet, we know there must be a mother out there who really needs help and she is our absolute priority right now.” he said.
‘We are checking CCTV and speaking to hospitals but the mother or anyone who knows who she is may see this objection.
‘I really want to talk to him to make sure he’s okay and to make sure he can get the help he urgently needs.’
He added: ‘We will treat the information we receive sensitively and would appeal to anyone who can help us identify the baby and mother to come forward.
‘You may be living next to a baby and his mother who have unexpectedly not been seen for several days.’
