Baby Elsa: There are no new leads in finding the parents of the abandoned newborn

VaselineJune 19, 2024

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image caption, Baby Elsa was found in a shopping bag by the Greenway in east London in January

There have been no new “significant leads” in the quest to discover the parents of an abandoned newborn girl, police said.

Elsa was discovered by a dog walker on January 18, wrapped in a towel in a bag, in east London.

The Metropolitan Police said their parents remained unidentified and that recent reporting of the case had prompted a “small number of calls”.

Det Insp Jamie Humm said: “Inquiries to identify the parents of the three babies found abandoned in Newham are continuing.”

He added that police had collected more than 450 hours of CCTV and had spoken to members of the public and “numerous” partner agencies.

DNA work was also underway in an attempt to understand the children’s potential ancestry, he said.

Met officers said they were “keen to hear from anyone with information that could help us get some answers for baby Elsa”.

Elsa was believed to be less than an hour old when she was found abandoned at the junction of the Greenway and High Street South in East Ham.

She was given the name Elsa by hospital staff, after the character from the movie Frozen, because of the sub-zero temperatures when she was found.

One of her brothers, Roman, was found in similar circumstances in a play area off Roman Road, Newham, in late January 2019.

The other brother, Harry, was found wrapped in a white blanket in Balaam Street, Plaistow, in September 2017.

Harry and Roman – whose names have now been changed – have since been adopted.

Officers believe a woman seen in the area just before Elsa was found may have vital information.

He was wearing a large, dark coat with a light colored scarf or hood around his neck and was carrying a rucksack.

VaselineJune 19, 2024

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