Dead baby found in university pond
published : 11 May 2020 at 14:30
writer: Gary Boyle
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Nujaree Rakrun
NAKHON SI THAMMARAT: The body of a newborn baby boy was found in a park pond at Walailak University, Tha Sala campus, on Monday, police said.
The discovery was reported to Tha Sala police about 10.30am.
A security guard at the university said he saw a black plastic bag floating at the edge of the pond. The bag was torn, sending a bad smell over the area. He called other security guards to help remove the bag from the pond.
There was a dead newborn child in the bag, a boy, wrapped in some cloth. Police said the umbilical cord was still attached to the child.
Rescuers from a charity foundation took the body to Tha Sala Hospital for a post-mortem examination.
Police were checking footage of security cameras in the area.
Vocabulary
- float: to cause to move slowly in the air or on water - ลอย
- footage: film of a particular subject or event - ฟิลม์หรือคลิปภาพยนตร์
- newborn: recently born - แรกเกิด
- pond: a small area of still water, especially one that is artificial - บ่อน้ำ, สระน้ำ
- post-mortem: a medical examination of the body of a dead person in order to find out how they died - การชันสูตร
- torn: past tense of "tear" to pull something so that it separates into pieces or gets a hole in it, or to become damaged in this way - ฉีก
- umbilical cord (noun): a long piece of tissue that connects a baby to its mother before it is born and is cut at the moment of birth - สายสะดือ
- Keywords
- bag
- pond
- police
- university
