Overview

• Tests recovered a DNA profile from a pair of imported, donkey‑print women’s briefs used to wrap the infant, including a male profile that has not matched the national database but could enable direct comparison.
• Forensic analysis of soil and leaf litter places the movement of the body to Ashtons Field between November 1 and 20, 2024.
• Experts determined the baby was full term at about 39 weeks, with proof of life still unresolved and the possibility of a stillbirth under consideration.
• Police are cross‑checking thousands of vehicles captured by ANPR near the Cleggs Lane lay‑by while running nationwide familial, including mitochondrial, DNA searches.
• Investigators say the level of decomposition indicates the body was stored elsewhere before burial in a 12cm‑deep grave, which was likely disturbed by wildlife before discovery.