Age: 0
Sex: male
Date: 12 Apr 1949
Place: River Wear, Wearmouth
The body of a newly-born baby girl was found on the bank of the River Wear on Tuesday 12 April 1949.
It was found by a 14-year-old girl who called the police. When the police arrived, they found the body of the child on the riverbank at a point about 100 yards east of the Wearmouth Colliery railway line.
see www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk
see Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette - Thursday 14 April 1949, Wearmouth
see Unsolved 1949
