Mother of bus shelter baby still missing
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The dead infant was found inside a shopping bag at this bus shelter. (ABC radio: Justine Longmore)
Police are still trying to identify the mother of a baby boy found dead near Shepparton in north-western Victoria.
The body of the new born baby was found in a green bag at a bus shelter at Grahamvale on Wednesday afternoon.
The boy's umbilical cord was still attached to his belly, and police are worried about the welfare of the mother.
Police say the baby may have been aged between one and two days.
Detective Sergeant Graham Guy from the Homicide Squad says Police have received many calls from the public wanting to help.
"Unfortunately none of them have turned out to identify the mother at this stage," he said.
"We're still calling for anybody who has any information in regards to a woman who may have been pregnant and due around this time, that they haven't been able to account for."
Detective Sergeant Guy says a man saw a woman with a bag at the shelter on Tuesday afternoon.
"He saw a white and silver coloured sedan parked in front of that bus stop with one female near the rear of the car," he said.
"The female was seen to be holding a green environment bag which is similar to the bag that the child was found in."
The woman is described as being aged in her 20's or 30's with fair hair.
Detective Sergeant Guy says it is likely the woman gave birth without medical assistance .
He says police just want to establish that the woman is safe and well.
"She's got nothing to fear from us, we just want her to come forward and seek the medical assistance that she should, and then we can discuss the issues about what went on," Sergeant Guy said.
An autopsy carried out yesterday failed to confirm the cause of the baby's death.
"Early indications from the pathologist was that he wasn't able to assist with the cause of death, but he still had further tests to undertake which can take anything up to the next three to five weeks to determine what, if anything, may have caused the death," he said.
