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Couple ruled out of baby April cold case investigation

By: KentOnline reporter multimediadesk@thekmgroup.co.uk

Published: 00:01, 26 August 2011

Grave of 'Baby April' - exhumed for murder investigation after her body was found at Singleton Lake, Ashford.

A couple who visited a baby's grave have been ruled out of a cold case murder investigation.

The pair were caught on CCTV close to the grave of the girl - known as baby April - at Bybrook Cemetery in Ashford.

The baby died 16 years ago when, just hours old, she was discovered suffocated and wrapped in a toilet roll bag.

But officers in the county's cold case team have now eliminated the couple from their enquiries, following an appeal on August 9.

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Newborn baby April, as she was named by officers, was found by a couple walking alongside Singleton Lake in Ashford on April 3 1995.

A murder inquiry was launched and, despite an extensive murder investigation at the time, the baby's parents weren't identified.

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