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| Police have established the body of a newborn girl found at a waste recycling plant in Cambridgeshire is most likely to have come from Worcestershire. | Police have established the body of a newborn girl found at a waste recycling plant in Cambridgeshire is most likely to have come from Worcestershire. |
| A worker made the find at the city council-owned site in Fengate, Peterborough, on Wednesday morning. | A worker made the find at the city council-owned site in Fengate, Peterborough, on Wednesday morning. |
| The depot collects waste for recycling from East Anglia and the Midlands. | The depot collects waste for recycling from East Anglia and the Midlands. |
| Officers said the baby's body reached the Peterborough site via a sorting plant in Bromsgrove, having been collected from waste bins in Worcester. | |
| A post-mortem examination into the baby's death proved inconclusive. | A post-mortem examination into the baby's death proved inconclusive. |
| Further tests will be carried out to try to determine the age, ethnicity and preliminary cause of death. | Further tests will be carried out to try to determine the age, ethnicity and preliminary cause of death. |
| Police have also expressed concern for the health of the baby's mother, and have appealed for her to come forward. | Police have also expressed concern for the health of the baby's mother, and have appealed for her to come forward. |
| Elaine Newell, Head of Midwifery for the Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, said the mother was likely to be feeling "very confused, upset and afraid". | |
| 'Very concerned' | |
| She appealed to the mother directly to come forward, saying she was "very concerned" about the woman's welfare. | |
| Ms Newell said: "Please be assured that I want to make sure you are safe and well." | |
| Det Insp Adrian Todd, of West Mercia Police, said the mother could have given birth without anyone knowing or realising that she was pregnant. | |
| He said he believed the community could play a "key role" in tracing the woman, and urged anyone with even the smallest piece of information to contact officers. | |
| Det Insp Todd said: "We believe that one of more members of the community may be able to come forward with information helpful to the enquiry. | |
| "They may recall noticing a female behaving strangely in the neighbourhood, or at work, or being absent for a time. | |
| "We appeal to anyone who believes they are in possession of information not to assume that someone else come forward. We would rather receive something twice than not at all." | |
| Ms Newell urged the mother to contact her directly on 07775 800300. |