Czech police seek mother of baby found in well

Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa
Published: Tuesday September 26, 2006

Prague- Police were searching Tuesday for the mother of a newborn girl whose body was found at the bottom of a well in the north-central Czech Republic. Medical examiners said the baby was probably born last week before being tossed into the open well in a nature area near the Cesky Raj national park, said police spokesman Ladislav Mares.

A park tourist examining the well found the body over the weekend.

Investigators were looking for a woman "in an advanced stage of pregnancy" who reportedly visited a nearby restaurant "several times" last week, Mares aid.

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