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Police are investigating a shocking case after a newborn baby was discovered burned in a charcoal kiln in a sugarcane field in Ban Hin Hao, Non Khong Subdistrict, Ban Fang District, Khon Kaen Province.

 

The infant, whose gender and identity remain unknown, was found by local residents who noticed a strange burning smell while working in the fields. Authorities discovered the baby inside the kiln, still attached to the umbilical cord.

 

Police Lieutenant Colonel Natthawat Kaewhan, Deputy Investigating Officer at Ban Fang Police Station, confirmed that initial examination revealed the child was a newborn, though the lower body was badly burned, preventing identification of sex. The kiln is situated on private farmland in Village 4, Non Khong Subdistrict.

 

Ban Fang Police Chief, Pol. Col. Koraphop Netthaisong, stated that medical staff from Ban Fang Hospital and forensic investigators from Forensic Science Centre 4 in Khon Kaen were called to the scene to conduct a thorough examination. The body has since been sent to Srinagarind Hospital’s Department of Forensic Medicine to determine whether the baby had died prior to being burned.

 

Police are currently investigating all potential leads, including identifying women in the area who may have recently given birth. Local workers and witnesses are being questioned as part of the ongoing investigation, with authorities vowing to bring those responsible to justice.

 

  Adapted by Asean Now from Workpoint 2025-08-18

 

 

 

Parents Arrested for Burning Newborn in Charcoal Kiln