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North Wales police urge missing mother to come forward after newborn girl's body may have been 'in water for weeks'

From the Newshound archive · first published 1 October 2026 · last updated 2 October 2026.

Residential streets near the Bangor shoreline in Gwynedd, where the body of a newborn baby girl was discovered on Sunday and may have been in the water for several weeks, police say.
Residential streets near the Bangor shoreline in Gwynedd, where the body of a newborn baby girl was discovered on Sunday and may have been in the water for several weeks, police say.

North Wales Police have confirmed that the baby found on the shoreline of the Menai Strait near Siliwen Road in Bangor last Sunday was a girl. A post-mortem examination suggested she may have spent several weeks in the water. Superintendent Llinos Davies appealed directly to the mother, saying her 'welfare and safety is our utmost concern' and encouraging her to come forward without fear. Police are working with oceanographers to analyse tidal currents and have not ruled out the possibility that the baby entered the water at a different point in Britain or Ireland. Door-to-door inquiries and CCTV checks are continuing in the area.

Since an earlier appeal earlier this week, officers have received calls from members of the public putting forward possible names for the mother.

Police believe the body may have travelled through the Menai Strait, which separates Anglesey from the Welsh mainland, from a completely different location.

Midwifery director Fiona Giraud addressed the mother directly: 'You may feel you have nowhere to turn — please do not feel that you have to face this alone.'

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