1,000 flyers shared in appeal over baby remains

The newborn girl was found by a woman walking her dog in Little Hulton, Salford

More than 1,000 flyers seeking information on how the remains of a newborn baby came to be left in a field have been shared by police investigating her death.

The unidentified infant, named Baby Ava by Greater Manchester Police (GMP) officers, was discovered by a dog walker in Little Hulton, Salford, on 20 November.

A month on from the discovery, the force said it had yet to identify Ava's mother or her cause of death.

It thanked members of the public who left gifts such as teddy bears and toys as tributes, and said they had been cleaned and donated to charities and care homes across the local area.

Flowers and teddy bears left as tributes at the scene where the newborn girl's remains were found

Baby Ava was found wrapped in pink fabric in a field close to a road layby near warehouses, not far from two junctions of the M61.

The force said it was awaiting results from several specialist tests on how she died and how long she was in the field before she was discovered.

Det Ch Insp Charlotte Whalley, from the force's major incident team, said they were seeking to find out how Ava and her mother became separated.

"Our determination to get answers for Ava is unrelenting and will continue throughout the festive period and beyond," she said.

"We ask anyone who may have information which could help us, no matter how small, to come forward to us, as this may provide the key to unlocking the investigation."