Newborn’s skeletal remains were found wrapped in newspaper under floorboards

The grim discovery was made by a man doing refurbishments at the property (Picture: PA)

A baby boy whose skeletal remains were found wrapped in newspaper dating back to 1910 and with twine around his neck may have been a newborn, an inquest heard.

A contractor working at a property in Fore Bondgate, Bishop Auckland, County Durham, made the grim discovery under floorboards in July 2024, and a police inquiry was launched.

At an inquest opening in Crook, County Durham, senior coroner Jeremy Chipperfield was told that a postmortem examination could not find the cause of death.

DNA was unable to identify who the infant was, but did reveal that the baby was a boy.

The remains were wrapped in a newspaper called The Umpire and dated June 19, 1910, the inquest was told.<...