Questions surrounding the death of a baby girl found at a waste recycling plant during the first national lockdown remain unanswered following an inquest. The unidentified infant was born alive but a pathologist was unable to determine the cause of death, the inquest heard.
The baby girl, known only as Baby S, was found on a conveyor belt on a waste processing line in a yard at Sackers in Needham Market, Suffolk, after a delivery of waste from commercial bins on May 14 in 2020. The inquest heard that her injuries could have been caused by a traumatic birth, shaking or smothering, but could not determine which.
Suffolk’s senior coroner Nigel Parsley, recording an open conclusion, said: “We simply cannot say exactly how Baby S came by her death and how she received the injuries which led to her death.”
