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| Baby's body found in Grimsby house garden drain | Baby's body found in Grimsby house garden drain |
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| The body of a baby has been found in the drain of a garden at a house in Grimsby. | The body of a baby has been found in the drain of a garden at a house in Grimsby. |
| The body was discovered after a plumber was called by a couple who live in the property, Humberside Police said. | |
| Officers were called to the house in Scartho Road at about 12:50 GMT. | |
| Detectives are trying to establish the age of the baby and how long the body had been in the drain. A post-mortem examination is to take place on Monday. | |
| Det Insp Christine Calvert said both the plumber and occupants of the house were in "extreme shock" following the discovery. | |
| "The occupants of the house had problems with the drains and have been having some drainage work done, which required a plumber to go into the garden and clear some drains," she said. | |
| "Whilst clearing those drains they've found what we believe to be the body of a baby." | |
| Ms Calvert said neither the occupants nor the plumber initially realised the blockage in the drain was a baby. | |
| "It's an extreme shock to the occupants, they don't know anything about it," the detective said. | |
| "We've done some house to house inquiries, we're trying to identify where the baby's come from [and] if we can identify the mother. But it's very early stages to identify that child." | |
| Officers remain at the scene. |