The tragic case of Baby Lilly, whose newborn body was found by the River Alne in Britain, came to a close today. From the Stratford Observer:
A JUDGE has sentenced the mother of a newborn found dumped in the River Alne to two years’ probation.
Rachel Davies, 26, of Wharrage Road, Alcester, had admitted at a hearing ahead of today’s sentencing at Warwick Crown Court to a charge of concealment of birth.
She said she had no idea she was pregnant until she went into labour one night in the home she shared with her parents. She told the court she gave birth whilst alone in the kitchen and panicked when the child, later named Baby Lilly by police, appeared lifeless.
Davies, who worked at Mothercare in Leamington at the time, put the baby’s body in her car overnight before calling work the next morning to say she was going to be late. She drove to Great Alne where she dumped Lilly in a plastic bag in the River Alne just off Wood Lane, sometime between January and May last year
A 13-year-old boy out walking with his family on May 11 2006 discovered the body along with blood-stained clothes and towels also in the bag.
Lilly had suffered significant injuries including a fractured skull and Warwickshire Police launched a murder inquiry. It was later discontinued when further evidence came to light suggesting the newborn had been stillborn.
More than six months later Davies was traced through Lilly’s father. She initially denied any involvement but DNA proved she was the baby’s mother.
I’m not sure why this case just stuck in my head for the past two years, but it did. There’s a fair bit of discussion on my original post from about a year ago.
So finally, at long last, closure.
how can someone live with that state of mind,god knows what she thinks , what a load of rubbish that she can’t show her emotions, thats crap i knew rachel for more then 5 years and she broke my heart.I get asked and told of rachel this rachel that, i’m sick of it, i was very close to getting married to rachel , she was my first we were in love and suddenly down the line, a man entered our life, a friend so i thought, i partly blame him for rachels state of mind, i beleive he was the father of baby lilly.maybe if he never came into our lives back then this may never of happened.we used to go round to his and his wife to be house on sundays, i was suspicious but never thought rachel would do the dirty, the one thing about rachel was she could lie and never tell someone the truth.i don’t hate rachel because she will always have a piece of my soul,when i heard about rachel it was in december 2006 it was heart braking i could n’t believe it at first.me and rachel have been apart for 6 years now and i’m always thinking of her, i have a partner now , she has no idea the way i feel.rachel’s parents are loving and always come and talk to me when i see them, in the club.i do blame myself for pushing rachel away, i do know she did the dirty on me, and how it changed her life well not so rosie now is it , sorry rachel for not being there, if you want to know more about rachel mail me.