Internet hunt for missing mother of dead baby

2:37pm Friday 5th September 2008

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A TEENAGER is believed to be the mother of a baby girl whose body was found at a Cambridgeshire waste plant.

The body was discovered on Thursday, August 28 at the Peterborough recycling plant after being put into Worcester’s waste collection system and passing through a sorting plant in Bromsgrove.

Detectives are now searching social networking sites on the internet, particularly Bebo, Facebook and MySpace, to help trace the mother.

Detective Inspector Adrian Todd, who is leading the enquiry for South Worcestershire Police, said: “A number of factors are pointing us towards the birth perhaps being concealed by a teenage girl, whose friends and family - and maybe even the father - could be totally oblivious to her plight”

Police are concerned about the mother’s welfare and are asking anyone with information or the slightest suspicion about her to get in touch.

Det Insp Todd added: “While we are still keeping an open mind about where this baby came from and why it was necessary to put her body into the city’s waste system, we want to get as many young people as possible thinking about whether they know someone who could be this mother in distress.

“It may be that they are aware of a girl unusually putting on weight or behaving out of the ordinary in the way she dressed and behaved. She may have stopped attending work, college or school, but also managed to conceal that fact from those close to her who might have suspected something was wrong if they had known.”

Meanwhile, head of midwifery for Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust has renewed her personal appeal to the mother to come forward.

She said: “I am very concerned about your well-being and my immediate priority is to ensure that you receive any necessary midwifery and medical care.

“If you would like to speak to me directly you can contact me personally on 07775800300 and I will talk to you and arrange for you to receive any necessary care.”

Anyone with information can contact police on 08457 444 888 quoting 289S/280808 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.