Newborn baby's body found in Heywood field

Date published: 04 April 2018


The body of a newborn baby was discovered in a Heywood field on Wednesday morning (4 April).

At around 7.10am on Wednesday 4 April 2018, police were called to a field near George Street and Peel Lane in Heywood, to reports that the body of a baby had been found.

Officers attended and discovered the body of what is believed to be a newborn baby.

A scene is in place while police enquiries continue.

Anyone with information is asked to contact police on 101 quoting incident number 368 of 04/04/18.

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