The skeletal remains of a baby boy were found hidden in a suitcase in the loft of a house. The unidentified infant was found in the attic of a semi-detached property on Berwick Avenue in Heaton Mersey, Stockport.
A police investigation, including DNA analysis of the remains, failed to ascertain the precise time of death. However, it has revealed it could have happened as long ago as 1959.
Brief details of the grim discovery - which was made on March 6 last year - emerged as an inquest was formally opened into the death at Stockport Coroners' Court on Wednesday morning.
Police coroners' officer Claire Smith told senior coroner Alison Mutch the identity of the baby had not yet been established, although DNA analysis of the 'skeletal remains' had revealed they belonged to a male infant. Try MEN Premium for FREE by clicking here for no ads, fun puzzles and brilliant new features Asked about the age of the baby at the time of death, Ms Smith agreed with the coroner that the remains belonged to an infant, but said she 'cannot be more precise than that'.
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