Age: 0
Sex: male
Date: 14 Feb 1984
Place: 45 Mulgrave Street, Corbridge, Stoke On Trent
The body of a newly-born child was found in a bundle in a wardrobe and then thrown onto a bonfire by a woman who thought the bundle had been simply a bundle of rags.
However, she said that shortly after she discovered that it contained the body of a baby and she contacted the hospital who contacted the police.
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see Staffordshire Sentinel - Tuesday 14 February 1984