Age: 0
Sex: male
Date: 16 Dec 1961
Place: 17 West Cromwell Road, Kensington, London
The body of a newly-born male child was found in a box in the back garden of 17 West Cromwell Road, Kensington on 16 December 1961.
It was found by a stockbroker that had lived in the property during a chance visit into his garden whilst he was looking for some old bricks. He said that he saw a fruit box and thought that he could see a rubber doll in it through the slats. However, he said that upon closer inspection that he found that it was not a rubber doll but the body of a baby.
see www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk
see Kensington Post - Friday 02 February 1962
see Unsolved 1961