Age: 0
Sex: male
Date: 11 Feb 1938
Place: Priors Park, South Hornchurch
The body of a newly-born child was found in a ditch on the Southend Road near to Priors Park in South Hornchurch.
It was found in the water by some school children that had been passing. They had thought that it was a doll and had tried to pull it out with sticks.
see www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk
see Chelmsford Chronicle - Friday 11 February 1938
see Unsolved 1938
