unsolved-murders.co.uk
Unsolved Murders
Tags

Baby

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.


*map pointers are rough estimates based on known location details as per Place field above.

see www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk

see Chelmsford Chronicle - Friday 11 February 1938

see Unsolved 1938