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| Funeral held for baby found at Shipley waste site | Funeral held for baby found at Shipley waste site |
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| A funeral has been held for a baby girl found dead at a West Yorkshire waste site more than a year ago. | |
| The baby, aged two or three days old, was found by staff at the Associated Waste Management depot in Shipley. | The baby, aged two or three days old, was found by staff at the Associated Waste Management depot in Shipley. |
| A local mother and toddler group organised the funeral for the girl, who they named Catherine. | A local mother and toddler group organised the funeral for the girl, who they named Catherine. |
| She has not been identified and police are trying to trace her mother. The service was held at St Winefride's Church in Wibsey, Bradford. | |
| DNA profile | DNA profile |
| It was followed by a burial at Scholemoor Cemetery. | |
| The coroner released the infant's remains after initial attempts to find the girl's mother were unsuccessful. | The coroner released the infant's remains after initial attempts to find the girl's mother were unsuccessful. |
| West Yorkshire Police have sent 37,000 letters to homes in Bradford, Leeds and surrounding areas which supply waste to the depot to appeal for information. | West Yorkshire Police have sent 37,000 letters to homes in Bradford, Leeds and surrounding areas which supply waste to the depot to appeal for information. |
| Scientific work provided officers with a DNA profile of the child, although a matching profile of her mother was not on record. | Scientific work provided officers with a DNA profile of the child, although a matching profile of her mother was not on record. |
| It is believed the baby's delivery did not take place in a hospital and a post-mortem test failed to ascertain a cause of death. | It is believed the baby's delivery did not take place in a hospital and a post-mortem test failed to ascertain a cause of death. |
| Det Supt Sukhbir Singh, who is leading the police investigation, said: "We are glad young Catherine has now been laid to rest, but today's ceremony does not in any way mark an end to our search to find her mother. | Det Supt Sukhbir Singh, who is leading the police investigation, said: "We are glad young Catherine has now been laid to rest, but today's ceremony does not in any way mark an end to our search to find her mother. |
| "We have always said the answer to this inquiry lies within the local communities in West Yorkshire and continue to believe that is the case. | "We have always said the answer to this inquiry lies within the local communities in West Yorkshire and continue to believe that is the case. |
| "Catherine may have only had a very short life, but she deserves to be remembered and we would again ask her mother to come forward, speak to us, and identify her daughter." | "Catherine may have only had a very short life, but she deserves to be remembered and we would again ask her mother to come forward, speak to us, and identify her daughter." |