{"id":82000,"date":"2018-06-12T14:00:30","date_gmt":"2018-06-12T12:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/?p=82000"},"modified":"2018-06-12T15:55:09","modified_gmt":"2018-06-12T13:55:09","slug":"not-sensitive-viewers-newborn-baby-found-rubbish-dump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2018\/06\/12\/not-sensitive-viewers-newborn-baby-found-rubbish-dump\/","title":{"rendered":"NOT FOR SENSITIVE VIEWERS: Newborn baby found on rubbish dump"},"content":{"rendered":"

According to Life 24 Ambulance Services<\/a>, a municipal worker stumbled upon the baby’s corpse in a plastic bag and took them to the scene.<\/p>\n

Also read: Five babies dumped in two months<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

The baby was dead upon their arrival.Ms Mercia Blake (Life 24) stated that the baby was likely aborted eight months into the pregnancy.<\/p>\n

Watch: Video – Baby X\u2019s hero in blue<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

She also stated that it is a common occurrence in the area for mothers, who do not want their children, to take medication and use all other kinds of methods to induce labour prematurely, in an attempt to get rid of their babies. Ms Blake suspects that the mother had a normal birth and that the baby was still alive when wrapped into a plastic bag and suffocated.<\/p>\n

Also read: Baby dumped by mother survives unscathed<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

The baby’s gender has not been made known, as the Police is still investigating.<\/p>\n

Lt. Col. Moatshe Ngoepe, Provincial Police Spokesperson, states that they have opened a docket of inquest but that the mother of the baby has not been located yet.<\/p>\n

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An image of the baby found in Marble Hall<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u2022The Police is in need of the community’s assistance to track down the mother of the baby and ask for anyone with any information, to come forward and report it at the Marble Hall Police Station.<\/p>\n

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