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Kim Pilling

HISTORICAL FACTS: Significant dna breakthrough in bid to identify baby found in field | History Defined

Police have made a “significant breakthrough” in their bid to identify a baby girl left in a field (Ryan Jenkinson/PA) - (PA Archive)

Detectives hope they can uncover “in the coming months” the identity of a baby girl found in a field.

The remains of the infant, named by police as Ava, was discovered by a dog walker near Ashtons Field in Salford, Greater Manchester, on November 20 last year.

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