Age: 0
Sex: male
Date: 10 Apr 1926
Place: Swilgate Brook, Bow and Arrow, Tewkesbury
The body of a newly-born child was found on the bank of Swilgate Brook by a boy playing with his friends.
It was found at a spot known as Bow and Arrow in Tewkesbury. It was wrapped up in a parcel and in the water. They brought the parcel to the side and found it contained the body of a child and so went to tell their father who then called the police.
see www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk
see Gloucestershire Echo - Saturday 10 April 1926
see Unsolved 1926