Desperate hunt for parents of tragic Baby A found in snow-covered field by dog walker as unanswered questions swirl

COPS are desperately hunting for the parents of a babe whose assemblage was dumped adjacent a snow-covered field.

The grim find of "Baby A" was made by a canine walker yards from Ashtons Field in Salford close to the M61 motorway span astatine astir 12.30pm yesterday.

Greater Manchester Police still bash not cognize the sex, age, oregon ethnicity of the infant, with the remains recovered successful a wooded country beside the entranceway to parkland.

A constabulary cordon remains successful spot astatine the country of the grim find adjacent Ashton’s Field successful Little Hulton arsenic scenes of crime officers proceed to enactment nether 2 forensic tents.

Floral tributes and brushed toys, including stuffed teddy bears and snowmen, person been near astatine the cordon by acrophobic locals.

Among these were a fig of upset young mums carrying their ain infants who visited the country to wage their respects and laic tributes.

Michelle Eddison, 43, was walking her canine Apollo astir the Ashton Fields country this morning.

Michelle said: "This country is truly fashionable with canine walkers and kids. It’s ever engaged during the day. We’ve walked our canine present galore times.

“There would beryllium nary clip to permission a baby. This is simply a precise engaged roadworthy and the parent could beryllium from anyplace really.

“The full assemblage is rattled, truly shocked.”

Ashton’s Field, an country of meandering paths, grassland  and woodland connected a erstwhile colliery site, is disconnected Cleggs Lane, adjacent the M61.

The baby’s remains were discovered conscionable yards from the entrance, beside which is simply a makeshift lay-by astatine astir 12.30pm.

Julie Cooper, 45, said: "Because the mediocre small babe was recovered truthful adjacent to the roadworthy and entranceway to the park, it could good beryllium that idiosyncratic has driven here.

“They’ve conscionable pulled successful and thrown oregon placed the babe successful the bushes and driven off. They could person travel from anywhere.”

Dawn Thompson, 31, visited the tract with her 4 period aged girl Piper to wage her respects and laic a brushed artifact astatine the cordon.

Dawn said: "I’ve travel to wage my respects to the small baby. I’ve got my own, truthful it hits a batch harder erstwhile you spot thing similar this.

“It’s horrible to cognize it was a babe and I consciousness atrocious for the mediocre idiosyncratic whose recovered it.

“It made maine cuddle my ain babe a spot more.

“We don’t cognize who are the small baby’s family. It’s hard to cognize what to deliberation until you cognize wherefore they’ve done this.”

TRAGIC FIND

Greater Manchester Police person stated that they we are pursuing respective lines of enquiry, and we are moving with section spouse agencies to recognize who this babe could be, however agelong they person been here, and however they person sadly died.

Addressing reporters astatine a property league adjacent the scene, Chf Supt Neil Blackwood said yesterday: "Tragically, today, we person recovered what we judge to beryllium the remains of a young babe connected Ravenscraig Road successful Salford.

"We person a country successful place, and you volition apt spot an accrued beingness of officers successful the section country portion we transportation retired enquiries to recognize the circumstances.

"All of this is highly sensitive, and this investigation needs to beryllium handled with the utmost attraction it deserves, and it is going to instrumentality time."

The Chf Supt urged anyone with immoderate accusation to travel forward.

"The astir important happening for america close present is to find answers for this baby," helium said.

"Even the astir insignificant of item could beryllium important to our investigation.

"If you person seen anyone successful the country implicit the past fewer days, oregon cognize who the parents could be, delight telephone arsenic soon arsenic you can.

"As soon arsenic we are successful the presumption to corroborate further details astir the circumstances, we volition bash so."

The Chf Supt added that station mortem results should beryllium released wrong the next 2 days.