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The three babies mystery

The search for the parents of three babies abandoned in shopping bags in east London, UK.

On a cold night in January 2024 a dog walker finds a baby in a bag in east London, UK - a foundling. She is named Elsa, after the Frozen character. Reporter Sanchia Berg begins to follow the case, gaining rare access to the Family Court and to the police investigation. DNA tests reveal Elsa is the sibling of two other babies found abandoned in the same area over recent years. What has happened to the mother?

Producer: by Lucy Proctor
Sound engineer: James Beard
Editor: Matt Willis

(Photo: Junction of the Greenway and High Street South in Newham, east London, where a newborn baby was found in a shopping bag by a dog walker. Credit: Yui Mok/PA)

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27 minutes

Last on

Sun 1 Jun 2025 18:32GMT

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  • Thu 29 May 2025 09:32GMT
  • Sun 1 Jun 2025 18:32GMT