Police release CCTV of woman in hunt for mother of abandoned baby boy
Police hunting for mother of abandoned newborn boy name him ‘George’ after he was found alive day before St George’s Day as they release CCTV of woman they want to trace in fresh appeal for information
- The baby boy was ‘just hours old’ when he was discovered by a dog walker
- Named by police as George, because he was found day before St George’s Day
- Woman captured on CCTV walking along road moments before baby was found
Detectives will today issue a fresh appeal for the mother of a baby boy who was found by a dog in a park.
The baby, thought to be just hours old, was found at The Mounds in Kings Norton, Birmingham, at around 5.30pm on Thursday.
The newborn has since been named George by police because he was discovered the day before St George’s Day.
CCTV captured footage of a woman walking along the road moments earlier and this afternoon, detectives will renew their appeals for information at a press conference and release a photo of baby George.
CCTV footage shows a woman walking along Shannon Road just before 5.10pm that afternoon
The force said: ‘We’re appealing directly to the mother of the boy or anyone who knows who she is to please get in touch’
Baby George was found on April 22 and the force said it was ‘very concerned’ for the welfare of the baby’s mother.
Police will be holding a press conference at 2pm this afternoon, giving updates on the investigation and releasing a photo of the baby.
George was found by a husky dog named Hel, belonging to semi-retired royal engineer Terry Walsh, 64.
Without the help of his husky Mr Walsh said he would have walked by what he thought was a discarded blanket.
He said Hel ran over, lay beside the rolled-up shawl and began ‘gently nudging’ the baby with her nose.
The 64-year-old said: ‘I turned round to grab hold of Hel so she didn’t walk over the glass, and she went off to the blanket, lying next to it and started nudging it with her nose very gently.
‘Suddenly I heard this baby cry. I think it was Hel’s gentle nudging and the heat from my Husky bitch’s body that woke the baby up.
‘A bigger dog or another dog with a different temperament might well have just ripped and tugged at the blanket and the baby could have been treated like a ragdoll and then you’ve also got the foxes and the rats and everything in there. How would they treat a baby?’
In a statement issued on Sunday, West Midlands Police said: ‘The baby boy was possibly only hours old when he was found, clothed and wrapped in a blanket, by a dog walker.
‘He is being cared for at hospital where he is thought to be full-term, healthy and doing well. Sadly we’ve still not been able to find the mother of this little boy.
‘We’re very concerned for her and want to check she is doing OK, both physically and mentally.
Semi-retired royal engineer Terry Walsh (pictured), 64, was left stunned when his female dog, Hel, miraculously uncovered the hours-old infant wrapped in a blanket at The Mound in Kings Norton
He was wearing an orange striped T-shirt with a picture of a dinosaur on it and the words ‘Dino Dude’
The child was found by a passing dog walker in a park known in Birmingham as The Mound, off Shannons Road in Kings Norton
‘This is our only concern right now, giving birth is a big thing and we’re concerned she will need medical help. This must be a very difficult time for her so we’re keen to talk to her as soon as possible.
‘We’re appealing directly to the mother of the boy or anyone who knows who she is to please get in touch.If anyone recognises the woman in the CCTV, please get in touch, she may hold vital information.’
George was wearing a £1 Matalan striped orange T-shirt with a picture of a dinosaur on it and the words ‘Dino Dude’.
He also wore grey bottoms and was wrapped in a white-and-grey blanket with a zig-zag pattern
People can contact West Midlands Police via their website or by calling 101 and quoting log 3476 of April 22. Alternatively, witnesses can call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
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