UK - Three abandoned babies (2017, 2019, 2024) full siblings found in London

[imstilla.grandma]

The reward was announced on the anniversary of the third child - Elsa - being found. Officers in East London have reviewed almost 500 hours of CCTV in this latest case - looking for somebody who is carrying a distinctive blue, reusable shopping bag, which contained the newborn baby girl before she was left at the junction of Greenway and High Street in East Ham on January 18 last year.

UK police offering reward for info on 3 baby siblings abandoned over 8 years

Elsa, Roman and Harry share the same mother - police want to find her

www.corkbeo.ie

 

[MrsWatson]

Oh my, I have that same exact Boots bag! I use it all the time. I got it at least five years ago, I haven't seen them sold in quite a while.

 

[FromGermany1]

So desperately sad

Who gave the babies names: the mother (with a notice) or Child Welfare/Police?

 

[MarziPanda]

Who gave the babies names: the mother (with a notice) or Child Welfare/Police?

I believe police/social services/others. Nurses named Elsa that because it was so cold the night she was found, so it's after the character in Frozen. Roman I believe was named after the street she was found? Not sure. I definitely remember reading about the nurses naming Elsa though, it's in the BBC article above.

 

[Luwin]

Who gave the babies names: the mother (with a notice) or Child Welfare/Police?

The authorities/police - elsa was so named as she was freezing cold when found- from Disneys Frozen. Not sure if the rationale behind Harry and Roman

 

[imstilla.grandma]

Detective inspector Jamie Humm of the Metropolitan Police's child abuse investigation team said: “We have carried out extensive inquiries over the past year to try and locate Elsa’s parents. This has involved reviewing over 450 hours of CCTV and completing a full DNA structure of the mother

Huge update in hunt for parents of three abandoned babies

Crimestoppers have issued a £200,000 reward for information on Baby Elsa's parents, who abandoned the newborn, and her two infant siblings in East Ham over a seven year period

www.dailystar.co.uk

Investigators added that they have 'serious concerns' for the wellbeing of both, but 'especially the mother'.

£20,000 reward to find baby Elsa's parents a year after tot was dumped

A £20,000 reward is being offered to help find the parents of siblings Elsa Roman and Harry, who were abandoned in parks in London over an eight-year period.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[imstilla.grandma]

 

[Kittypoo]

Detective inspector Jamie Humm of the Metropolitan Police's child abuse investigation team said: “We have carried out extensive inquiries over the past year to try and locate Elsa’s parents. This has involved reviewing over 450 hours of CCTV and completing a full DNA structure of the mother

Huge update in hunt for parents of three abandoned babies

Crimestoppers have issued a £200,000 reward for information on Baby Elsa's parents, who abandoned the newborn, and her two infant siblings in East Ham over a seven year period

www.dailystar.co.uk

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Investigators added that they have 'serious concerns' for the wellbeing of both, but 'especially the mother'.

£20,000 reward to find baby Elsa's parents a year after tot was dumped

A £20,000 reward is being offered to help find the parents of siblings Elsa Roman and Harry, who were abandoned in parks in London over an eight-year period.

www.dailymail.co.uk

£20,000 or £200,000 ?

 

[Sarahlou]

£20,000 or £200,000 ?

£20,000

£20,000 reward offered as police search for parents of three abandoned babies

Police appeal for information relating to three babies abandoned by the same parents shortly after birth in east London. A reward of £20,000 is also being offered by Crimestoppers.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Deleted member 339775]

The authorities/police - elsa was so named as she was freezing cold when found- from Disneys Frozen. Not sure if the rationale behind Harry and Roman

Roman because of the road or the park the baby was found at, not sure of Harry though

 

[DoctorRose]

Omg the baby in the striped onesie is such a cutie. I hope they can find the mother and confirm her well-being.

 

[Deleted member 339775]

Apologies if it’s already been mentioned but what if the mother is someone being held against their will and they aren’t on a missing persons database simply because they had no one to miss them as such

 

[Periwinkl3]

Reusable bags are everywhere--bins, charity shops, flea markets and so on. I don't think the Boots people can pinpoint its age or point of purchase.

Also, it may not be the biological mother who is leaving the babies. It could be a more distant relative or even a non-relative.

IMO some sort of enslavement, unusually tight-knit community or even cult could be involved. How would locals not notice and report a repeatedly pregnant mother (or father) who never appears to have an infant or toddler in tow again?

It's a blessing the children survived and weren't murdered.

 

[pandavoodoo]

Baby Roman, 2019

A newborn baby found earlier this year in Newham, east London, is the third child abandoned by the same parents, the BBC can report.
DNA tests presented to the East London Family Court established that “Baby Elsa” is the sibling of two babies, a boy and a girl, found in very similar circumstances in 2017 and 2019.
Despite appeals by the Metropolitan Police, their parents have not been identified.
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also been abandoned after birth in the same area of London.
They had been wrapped in blankets. One was also inside a bag.
Family Court documents stated Baby Elsa still had her umbilical cord, and doctors estimate she had been born only an hour before.

Abandoned baby Elsa is third newborn deserted by same parents - BBC News

DNA tests have confirmed all three infants found in east London are full siblings, the BBC can report.

www.bbc.com

I wonder if they are using geographic profiling. IMO she lives in the area of 2 and 3. I thought maybe she was young but imo she’s no longer what I would consider young after seven years.

I mean it could be possible that the mother is being forced to give up her kids?

 

[pandavoodoo]

Apologies if it’s already been mentioned but what if the mother is someone being held against their will and they aren’t on a missing persons database simply because they had no one to miss them as such

My thoughts exactly. Almost like the Ariel Castro case.

 

[GRT]

I mean it could be possible that the mother is being forced to give up her kids?

That's a distinct possibility. MOO

 

[Periwinkl3]

Interesting that no related babies were abandoned during the pandemic.

 

[CityKid]

Interesting that no related babies were abandoned during the pandemic.

Or they were, and were not found...

 

[Ruthbullock]

Baby abandoned in park was '30 minutes old with umbilical cord attached'

The tiny newborn was discovered in a 'Sainsbury's bag' next to a park bench

www.essexlive.news

 

[Ruthbullock]

Video of baby abandoned in East London park released in bid to find mother

Infant under council care three months after being found wrapped in white blanket

www.independent.co.uk