Police continue search for mother of newborn baby found dead in Rowley Regis waste pile

West Midlands Police have confirmed that they are continuing to appeal for help in tracking down the mother of a newborn baby girl who was found deceased at an industrial site in Rowley Regis.

The girl’s body was discovered in a warehouse in Station Road on Thursday (June 25), with police saying that they believe the child was transported to the site on Wednesday by an unwitting private waste operator.

Police launched enquiries following the appeal, including forensic examinations, in an effort to identify the baby and to find out how she died.

Officers also launched an appeal for help in finding the child’s mother, with the force saying that they want to ensure that she gets the care that she needs.

Detective Chief Inspector Kylie Westlake, from West Midlands Police’s Public Protection Unit, said on Thursday: “While we don’t yet know what has happened, what we do know is that there must be a mother out there who is in real need of help - and she is our absolute priority at the moment.

“We have been checking CCTV and speaking to hospitals, but it may be that the mother or someone who knows who she is sees this appeal. I really want to speak to her to make sure that she’s okay, and to ensure that she can get the help she urgently needs.”

The force said that they will treat all information ‘sensitively’, asking anyone who can help identify the baby or the mother to come forward.

Ms Westlake added: “We'll treat information we receive sensitively, and we'd ask for anyone who can help us identify who the baby and mother were to come forward. It may be that you live near a baby, and its mother, who have unexpectedly not been seen for a number of days.

“The baby was found within a waste pile which had been transported by a private waste operator to an industrial site in Station Road, Rowley Regis, just before midday.”

The force said that they believe the waste operator works across the West Midlands, Staffordshire, Warwickshire and West Mercia, adding that they aren’t connecting the death to the business.

The force said: “We understand the operator works across the West Midlands, Staffordshire, Warwickshire and West Mercia areas. We're not connecting the business to the sad death.

“We have set up a Major Incident Public Portal where anyone with information can submit anything they know directly to us.”

West Mercia Police also said that the private waste operator had been working in the Telford, Bridgnorth and Kidderminster areas.

A West Mercia Police spokesperson added: “It is understood that the baby was unknowingly transported on Wednesday by a private waste operator, which was working across the region, including the Telford, Bridgnorth and Kidderminster areas.”

Anyone with information that can help is urged to get in touch via the police portal at https://mipp.police.uk/operation/20HQ26C08-PO1.