Jul 7, 2026 · 39 min · 16 segments
Journalist Lucy Greenwell goes in search of Jess following rumours and unanswered questions about where she was born and who gave birth to her. Subscribe to Observer+ on Apple Podcasts and Spotify…
Oldwyn JonesGuestJenniferGuestThe six-pound, three-and-a-half-ounce baby is doing well in hospital after being dumped in an orange and white plastic bag
around mid-morning yesterday.
A baby girl who appears from nowhere on Tuesday the 6th of October, 1987, lying on a patch of damp grass beside a remote country lane in Suffolk.
She was wearing a nappy and this oversized Adams Make thermal vest.
She's lying half-wrapped in a Sainsbury's supermarket bag, like a makeshift plastic cradle.
For years, I've thought about that day and wondered about the baby and the mother who left her there.
How did it get there? How did it get there into this place in the middle of the fields in the middle of nowhere?
But even at that young age, we knew that this real-life mystery happening on our doorstep was a big deal.
The six-pound, three-and-a-half-ounce baby is doing well in hospital after being dumped in an orange and white plastic bag
around mid-morning yesterday.
A baby girl who appears from nowhere on Tuesday the 6th of October, 1987, lying on a patch of damp grass beside a remote country lane in Suffolk.
She was wearing a nappy and this oversized Adams Make thermal vest.
She's lying half-wrapped in a Sainsbury's supermarket bag, like a makeshift plastic cradle.
For years, I've thought about that day and wondered about the baby and the mother who left her there.
How did it get there? How did it get there into this place in the middle of the fields in the middle of nowhere?
But even at that young age, we knew that this real-life mystery happening on our doorstep was a big deal.
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Car Park Revelation
Jess recalls the day everything changed forever.
Instant Sense of Rejection
She describes the hurt that followed immediately.
Regrets About Digging Deeper
She reconsiders her search for truth now.
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