The newborn baby girl was found in plastic bag by a dog walker in Beckton, East London, on January 19 before she was taken to hospital and subsequently given to foster carers
Detectives investigating the discovery of a newborn baby abandoned in a shopping bag on a London street have released details of a woman they want to speak to, as they urged the mother to come forward.
A newborn baby found in a shopping bag, named Elsa on the streets of east London has been placed in foster care after a hospital stay. Discovered in sub-zero temperatures by a dog walker in East Ham, the baby was inside a shopping bag and wrapped in a towel.
A tiny newborn baby discovered abandoned by a dog walker in East London has now been placed in temporary foster care after a court heard that authorities still had no information about her identity