Newborn Baby Found Dead in Rubbish Bin in Rayong

[Georgealbert]

 

Picture from responders.

 

Police are investigating after the body of a newborn baby boy was discovered inside a cardboard box dumped in a rubbish bin in Pluak Daeng district, Rayong. The shocking discovery was made by a waste collector, who initially mistook the contents of the box for animal remains before realising it was a human infant.

 

At 11:05 on 28 February, Pol. Lt. Chama Thongyu, an investigator from Pluak Daeng Police Station, was alerted to the incident by a local municipal waste collector from Map Yang Phon Subdistrict Administrative Organisation (SAO).

 

Upon arrival at the scene, police officers, doctors from Pluak Daeng Hospital, and emergency responders found a decomposing baby boy wrapped in a plastic bag and towel, inside a cardboard box. The body, though still intact, showed early signs of decomposition and was covered in ants.

 

Ms. Kusuma, the waste collector who discovered the body, described the harrowing moment she opened the box while sorting rubbish outside a rented apartment complex.

 

“At first, I thought it was just an abandoned pet,” she said. “But when I unwrapped the plastic, I was horrified to see it was a newborn baby. Ants were crawling all over the body, so I tried to brush them off before immediately calling the authorities.”

 

Initial examinations suggest that the baby had been dead for several days. Police are now reviewing CCTV footage from the area and surrounding streets in an attempt to identify who abandoned the infant.

 

-- 2025-03-01

 

[flyingtlger]

What a horrific discovery.

That's something you can't unsee.

RIP ,little one 🙏......