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Gayle McDonald & Colleen Smith & Lorna Hughes

Mystery of baby girl found dead by river remains unsolved 20 years on

The mystery of a baby girl found dead by a river remains unsolved more than 20 years on. A fisherman discovered baby 'Amanda' in a white sack, weighed down by a brick and nestled among reeds.

The baby, who had a mass of black hair, was found by local fisherman Barry Kingwell in September 2002. She was named by police as Amanda, but her real identity has never been found. Medical experts say she died within days of her birth.

Mr Kingwell made the discovery while he was checking his crab pots early one morning. He spotted a sack in the reeds at Arch Brook Creek on the Teign estuary near Coombe Cellars in Devon, and inside was a dark-haired, 9lb baby girl.

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