Dead baby found on bus
A dead baby boy was found stuffed under a seat on a number 74 minibus in Bangkok's Khlong Toei district, police said on Wednesday.
The body was still attached to a placenta and left in three plastic bags just behind the driver's seat, said Colonel Charoen Srisasalak. He was estimated to have been dead for up to 12 hours. Police suspect the mother may have delivery the boy on her own and then abandoned him, Charoen said. An autopsy will be carried out and the DNA recorded to help track down the mother. Bus driver Paiboon Phanwong, 27, said he had no idea who left the bag. Conductor Jeab Chantasit, 22, told police the bus was full when it left its station in Huai Khwang in the morning. By the time the bus reached Saphan Kwai she said people started to notice the smell but they assumed it came from a passenger. At the final stop in Klong Toei, Jeab said she opened the unclaimed plastic bag and called the police. The Nation
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