Age: 0
Sex: male
Date: 23 Jul 1936
Place: Ovington Gardens, Kensington, London
The mummified body of a newly-born child was found at an empty house in Ovington Gardens, Kensington.
The body had been wrapped up in a newspaper from 1870 and when it was exposed to the air it crumbled to dust.
see www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk
see The Scotsman - Thursday 23 July 1936
see Dundee Evening Telegraph - Saturday 25 July 1936
see Unsolved 1936