Body of Newborn Baby Found in Rubbish Bin in Bangkok

Picture courtesy of Matichon.

Police in Bangkok have launched an investigation after the body of a newborn baby girl was discovered in a rubbish bin in the Bang Phlat district on the morning of 20 July. The shocking discovery was made in Soi Charan Sanitwong 71, prompting authorities to begin a search for the mother.

At approximately 10:30, Pol. Sub-Lt. Chul-At Suwannin and Pol. Lt. Wichpas Kanchanalertpornthawee from Bang Phlat Police Station received a report that a baby’s body had been found in a bin located in front of a residence in Charan Sanitwong Soi 71, Lane 4.

Police, accompanied by volunteers from the Poh Teck Tung Foundation, forensic officers and a forensic pathologist from Vajira Hospital, arrived at the scene to investigate.

Inside a standard Bangkok Metropolitan Administration rubbish bin, they found the body of a newborn wrapped in a red plastic bag. Upon removing the body for examination, authorities determined the infant to be a full-term baby girl, likely born at 8–9 months gestation. The umbilical cord and placenta were still attached to the body, suggesting the child had only recently been born. No external injuries were visible.

Investigators also found a trail of bloodstains leading into a nearby residential property, raising suspicions that the baby may have been born there.

The person who discovered the infant, 35-year-old Ms. No San Myan The, a local resident who rents a room nearby, told police she had been disposing of household rubbish when she noticed what appeared to be a baby’s head in the bin. Shocked, she immediately alerted the landlord, who then contacted police.

Ms. No San said she was unsure whether the individual who abandoned the baby lived in the same building or in a nearby residence.

Police are now working to identify the mother and determine the circumstances of the baby’s death. The body has been sent for autopsy at Vajira Hospital’s forensic department to establish whether the infant was born alive and to assist with identifying the mother through DNA analysis.

Authorities say the person responsible could face criminal charges under the law relating to the abandonment and concealment of a corpse and potentially infanticide depending on the results of the investigation.

  Adapted by Asean Now from Matichon 2025-07-21