Age: 3 days old
Sex: male
Date: 28 Dec 1938
Place: Presbyterian Church, Torr Lane, Compton Gifford, Plymouth
The body of a newly-born child was found on the waste land behind the Presbyterian Church in Torr Lane, Compton Gifford.
At the inquest, the Coroner said that the child had bruising around its eyes, nose and mouth, but said that there was no evidence of finger or nail marks on its body.
see www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk
see Exeter and Plymouth Gazette - Friday 03 February 1939, p13
see Unsolved 1938
