Age: 0
Sex: female
Date: 26 Aug 1952
Place: Thornhill to Callander Road, Dunblane
The body of a newly-born female child was found at the side of the Thornhill to Callander road near Dunblane 26 August 1952.
The post mortem on the child stated that the child had been suffocated and had been the victim of foul play. The pathologist said that the child had been born alive and had died after having portions of newspaper shoved down its throat.
see www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk
see Dundee Courier - Saturday 30 August 1952
see Unsolved 1952