VIDEO – Heartbreaking discovery of baby girl dumped for death in garden refuse bin
The body of a white full term baby girl was found dumped in a refuse bin in Joubert Street last Tuesday.
The discovery was made by a woman who was searching for a plastic bag in die bin where the bloody bundle lay wrapped face down in her mother’s pink night gown.
According to paramedics who declared the baby girl dead on the scene, she may have survived if she had not been dumped face down into garden refuse.
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Members of the public reacted with anger and sadness over the latest discovery.
One, Ms Karen Loesch, principal of the Greater Middelburg Centre for the Disabled was so emotionally taken aback that she sunk to her knees and cried.
The matter was reported by OK Grocer staff.
An autopsy will be done to determine the exact cause of death, and charges other than concealment of birth may be added to the charge sheet once results are available.
