Age: 0
Sex: female
Date: 31 Jan 1902
Place: Scratton Road, Southend, Essex
The body of a baby was found in a parcel on the railway embankment by Scratton Road in Southend.
There were two incised wounds over the left eye and a severe bruise on the same side of the face. The vault of the skull was fractured in all directions, and all bones in the skull had been broken.
see www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk
see Chelmsford Chronicle - Friday 14 February 1902
see Unsolved 1902