A sad farewell was held today for a new-born baby girl found at a recycling centre in Needham Market and police are appealing for help from anyone in the Hadleigh area to find out the circumstances of her death.

Baby S, as she is known, was discovered shortly after 3pm on Thursday, 14 May 2020, at Sackers in Ipswich Road, Needham Market.

She was buried this afternoon at the Millennium Cemetery in Tuddenham Road, Ipswich, following a private service conducted by celebrant Patrick Eade.

Hadleigh is among 52 locations police understand collections were made and taken to sackers and hope someone will now feel able to come forward.

After the funeral Detective Inspector Karl Nightingale, told Nub News: "The passage of time makes a big difference. We are nearly two years since the discovery of Baby S and people's lives change dramatically over that time.

"A lot has happened in the world in that time, therefore people may feel they can share things now that they could not then, or even six months ago.

"We do believe there are people out there who have knowledge of what happened to Baby S and her parents. Their allegiances, ties or relationships may be different and they may feel able to come forward and do so."

Employees from Sackers, Suffolk police and local authorities, were among the people paying their respects to Baby S and investigators believe this has provided a new opportunity to reach out and ask for help.

DI Nightingale said: "Her story is very much unknown, she is currently known as Baby S but it would be lovely to give her a proper name.

He added "Today we have laid this new-born baby girl to rest.

"Known only as Baby S at this time, we remain keen to establish the facts of what happened to her prior to her discovery on 14 May 2020.

"We have always kept an open mind of what led to her being placed into a bin.

"Time has moved on, but we remain unclear about this little girl's story.

"After nearly two years people's lives have changed. Very few may know the truth about this girl's story.

"Now is the time to come forward and share with us the details of her short life and give this little baby girl her proper name."

DNA evidence is still being thoroughly investigated but no conclusive evidence has resulted and police confirmed they are still not sure in Baby S was alive when dumped.

It is believed the new-born baby girl was taken to Sackers on the day her body was discovered.

She is thought to have been inside one of two waste collection vehicles which picked up commercial waste throughout the day from 52 different locations, including the Hadleigh area.

During the police inquiry a substantial amount of work has taken place to try to identify Baby S. A dedicated team of officers reviewed more than 11,000 hours of CCTV footage and visited more than 800 addresses.

A comprehensive search was undertaken at the recycling centre, during which a number of items were taken away. Sadly, forensic analysis of the items did not provide any further answers in the search for the baby girl's parents.

Baby S was found during the first lockdown in the country, at a time when her mother may have been in contact with fewer people than normal, but her pregnancy and giving birth may have been apparent and we need people with information to share that with the police.

Anyone with information which could help the inquiry can contact us 100% anonymously via Crimestoppers. Any information, even provided anonymously, may help.

This can be provided in a number of ways:

Using the online portal: https://mipp.police.uk/operation/363719N35-PO1 or by calling 101 and quoting reference 37/26499/20

Website – http://www.suffolk.police.uk/contact-us/existing-report-update

Crimestoppers – Contact the independent charity Crimestoppers 100% anonymously on 0800 555 111, or via their online form: www.crimestoppers-uk.org

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