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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Robyn Vinter and agency

Woman pleads guilty to killing newborn baby found in Warrington in 1998

Police mugshot of Joanne Sharkey
Joanne Sharkey, 55, was identified after a DNA breakthrough nearly 27 years after the crime. Photograph: Cheshire Police

A woman has pleaded guilty to killing a newborn baby whose body was discovered in woodland in Warrington in 1998.

The baby, subsequently named Callum, was found dead in a bin bag near Gulliver’s World theme park in the Cheshire town on 14 March 1998 by a dog walker in a wooded area off Camp Road.

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