A newborn baby girl found dead at a recycling centre during the first lockdown has been laid to rest.
The unidentified infant, known only as ‘Baby S’, was discovered by a staff member at Sackers waste recycling centre in Needham Market, Suffolk, in May 2020.
On Thursday, the baby’s funeral was held in front of strangers after authorities failed to identify her parents following an extensive search.
Police, council officials and Sackers employees, were in attendance.
Suffolk Police said the child’s mother may have been in contact with fewer people than usual amid Covid-19 restrictions at the time, but her pregnancy and giving birth ‘may have been apparent’.
Detective Inspector Karl Nightingale said officers have ‘always kept an open mind of what led to her being placed into a bin’.
‘Time has moved on, but we remain unclear about this little girl’s story,’ he said.
‘After nearly two years people’s lives have changed.
‘Very few may know the truth about this girl’s story.
‘Now is the time to come forward and share with us the details of her short life and give this little baby girl her proper name.’
It is believed Baby S was taken to the waste recycling centre on May 14 2020, when her body was discovered.
She is thought to have been inside one of two waste collection vehicles that picked up commercial waste from 52 different locations throughout the day.
The waste belonged to businesses and not private homes.
Many of these were in and around the Ipswich area, with some collections being made along the general route from Sackers.
During the police inquiry, a substantial amount of work took place to try to identify Baby S.
A dedicated team of officers reviewed more than 11,000 hours of CCTV footage and visited more than 800 addresses.
A comprehensive search was undertaken at the recycling centre, during which a number of items were taken away.
Forensic analysis of the items did not provide any further answers in the search for the baby girl’s parents, police said.
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