The Met Police continue to search for the missing mum of a newborn baby - temporarily named Elsa - found abandoned in a plastic bag in Beckton, East London, five days ago
A newborn girl believed to be less than an hour old was found wrapped in a shopping bag in east London, police said. The abandoned baby was discovered in.
Elsa was found at 9:13pm on Thursday night by a dog walker, who stumbled on the then-hour old baby at Greenway and High Street South crossroads in Newham, east London
Police launched an urgent appeal for information after the baby girl was found wrapped in a towel by a member of the public walking their dog in Newham on Thursday.