OMG, think of the poor mother!

**Marx** · 13th-May-2006

OMG, think of the poor mother!

Anyone fancy hearing a dead baby joke?

Okay, here we go.

A dead baby girl is found floating in a river.

She has been callously dumped into a plastic bag then tossed uncaringly into the river just hours after being born, and no doubt by the mother. It's most likely the baby was born alive and healthy, then killed by her mother, then thrown into her watery grave just hours after entering the world.

Here's the sick punchline:

The police sensitively implore the mother to come forward, saying: "Be assured that we'll treat you very sensitively, we want to make sure that you're OK, you get the proper medical care."

Fuckin' sick eh?

Sadly it's not a joke.

**Marx** · 13th-May-2006

The article:

Quote from BBC news | England

Dead baby found dumped in river

The body of a baby has been found wrapped in a plastic bag in shallow water in a Warwickshire river.

Police were called after a person walking nearby found the body on Thursday evening in the River Alne in Aston Cantlow near Stratford-upon-Avon.

Warwickshire Police are appealing for the mother to come forward.

Detectives confirmed on Friday that the body was that of a newborn baby girl. Results from a post-mortem examination are expected on Saturday.

Plea to mother

Det Ch Insp Adrian Pearson, of Warwickshire Police, said of the discovery: "It's a mystery at the moment, but it's a real tragedy.

"We're really concerned about Mum. We think that the baby's been born in the last few days. We're really concerned that she gets some special medical attention.

"And I probably don't think she's had that by the virtue of the fact the body's been found here."

He said police were unsure how long the body had been in the river but said it could be a couple of days.

He said to the baby's mother: "Be assured that

**Marx** · 13th-May-2006

fairdame stumbled upon a similar story not so long ago, in which a group of MEN saved the child. Yes, it was men who put their lives at risk by wading into the waters of a lake to save a baby.

Baby found floating in bag in lake