Skip to main content
Home

Main navigation

  • Top stories
  • Health
  • Crime
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Tech
  • Culture
  • Sports
  • Weird
  • 1-1-2
Image
Crime scene tape
Crime scene tape - Credit: Photo: Politie
Crime
Antoine Platekade
Rotterdam
dead baby
police
call for witnesses
Luxor Theater
Friday, 4 August 2017 - 07:52
Share this:
  • facebook
  • twitter
  • linkedin
  • whatsapp
  • reddit

Police determined to identify baby found dead in Rotterdam bushes

The Rotterdam police are determined to identify a baby found dead in a rubbish bag, hidden in some bushes in the parking lot next to the Luxor Theater in Rotterdam on Thursday. Investigators call on anyone with information to come forward, AD reports.

The gender and age of the child is still unclear. As is how or how long ago the baby died. It is also unclear whether the child was killed in a crime.

But somewhere - maybe in Rotterdam, maybe elsewhere in the Netherlands - a baby disappeared. The police call on the public to think. If you know a woman who is suddenly no longer pregnant and doesn't have a child, or if you know of a child that hasn't been seen in a while, call the police.

A passerby noticed the bag on Antoine Platekade around 9:30 a.m. on Thursday and decided to look inside. She got the shock of her life and called the police. Forensic investigators spent hours at the scene, carefully looking for trace evidence.

The police will do everything in their power to find answers as quickly as possible. "This is very sad", a police spokesperson said to AD. "For the woman who found the baby body, but also for our colleagues. We want answers as soon as possible."

Another local resident also noticed the bag while walking her dog on Thursday. "The dog did not want to walk on, he just stood there. I'm glad I did not open the bag. My neighbor did. I find it horrible", she said to the newspaper.

Follow us:

Latest stories

  • Life sentenced prisoners will get additional year for reintegration
  • GroenLinks members trim list for Senate election after congress
  • Possible passenger ceiling at Schiphol again due to staff shortage, travel agency angry
  • PvdA and GroenLinks in Brabant: only together in provincial government
  • Human trafficking near asylum seekers’ center in Gilze systematically not picked up
  • 20-year-old driver from Utrecht dies in car accident on A6

Top stories

  • Possible passenger ceiling at Schiphol again due to staff shortage, travel agency angry
  • Hoekstra wants to reintroduce conscription
  • EU countries agree on new price cap for Russian oil
  • Hermitage shows Rembrandt and contemporaries from The Leiden Collection
  • Dutch police take down Exclu encrypted chat service with 42 arrests, €4 million seized
  • Signal failure briefly halts train traffic around A'dam; NS warns of significant delays

© 2012-2023, NL Times, All rights reserved.

Footer menu

  • Privacy
  • Contact
  • Partner content