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| Body of newborn girl found in bag | |
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| Police have revealed that the body of a baby found in a bag on a cycle path was a newborn girl. | |
| Detectives said the body was found by a member of the public on the track in the Devol Glen area of Inverclyde at about 1740 BST on Wednesday. | |
| Pathology and forensic tests are being carried out at the scene between Greenock and Port Glasgow. | |
| Det Insp Mark McGowan appealed for anyone with any information about the girl to get in touch. | |
| He said: "Our enquiries are at an early stage. We do not know how long the body has lain or the circumstances of the baby's death." | |
| Resident Louise Williamson said she was horrified. | |
| "It's horrible to think somebody has dumped a wee baby," she said. | "It's horrible to think somebody has dumped a wee baby," she said. |
| "There are kids playing about there. You wonder how long it's been lying there and why nobody has missed a wee baby. It's horrible." | "There are kids playing about there. You wonder how long it's been lying there and why nobody has missed a wee baby. It's horrible." |
| A post-mortem examination will take place, Strathclyde Police said. |