To be glad they are upping efforts to find this mother

This story has disturbed me for a while. I remember one of the babies was initially named Elsa because she was freezing cold when found, don't understand why anyone thought that would be a nice name to give her.

Incest? LD? Alcohol? More likely than Fritzl.

No info on whether the babies were born withdrawing from drugs or whether they’re NT.

Thanks. I did not know that. But I will say again - if you are holding the mother hostage, why would you take the babies out to dispose of them?

It is so horrific. And it makes so little sense.

All three babies have the same mother and father.

And whoever leaves the baby is careful to avoid being seen and CCTV.

Oh come on. If you are imprisoning a woman, do you go out and abandon your babies in public places?

Do we even know if all the babies have the same father?

I am guessing that the mother has SEN issues, and keeps getting pregnant without being able to deal with it.

I don’t really see how it would assist in the search.

I don’t think it’s difficult. My ds got a kit from Costco a couple of years ago which showed the different ethnic background in his DNA. It was pretty much what you would expect knowing the family history but threw in a 1% Somali we didn’t know about! I am sure the police could access more expensive and accurate tests.

I actually walked along the Greenway a couple of weeks before the last baby was found. It's a fairly busy area. Even after dark the track itself is well used.

I genuinely don’t think it’s possible the father does not know. Three kids across multiple years?

Nope.

@JHoundI have presumed the father is abusive in some way so I’d guess he’s doing nothing to help, whether he knows about the babies or not. And easily believable that a woman can be pregnant and one one else know. Many women live isolated or restricted lives.
None of us can really know or understand what awful circumstances another person is in.

They apparently have the same mother and father though so if it is the mother what is rhe father doing?

And surely people would notice three pregnancies but never a baby to show for it?

It’s the Daily Heil. I would expect nothing less.

They shared their photos so the children are black. But without knowing the parents their ethnicity is unknown.

I am very scared it’s a Josef Fritzl type situation with the unfortunate mother restrained somewhere.

They look very Black to me so African. I don't know if you can determine country though, I don't think so?

This was a well thought out thing where someone made sure the babies were abandoned somewhere where they themselves couldn't be traced on CCTV. I'm worried too that the father is carefully abandoning the babies and there is something terribly wrong going on with the mum.

What have benefits got to do with anything?
This woman appears to have had no prenatal care or medical attention over (at least) 3 pregnancies. I fear that she is in a terrible situation, and hope that the recent efforts to find her able her to get to a safe place.

I live very local to this case. I’m pleased it’s picking up wider attention.
It has been shared before that the babies are black, but as far as I know, no more specific than that.
I have also read that the siblings, all three, are fostered separately but the older two were having contact with each other. This was because they were fostered before it was known they were siblings.
Also from bits and pieces I’ve read previously, and putting two and two together, I believe it’s strongly suspected that it is the mother leaving the babies, so that leads me to think she is giving birth out of the home, leaving the babies and going off. The police being interviewed on this case today talked about a comparison to women who give birth in war zones and how that gives them the adrenaline to be able to walk away to safety to give birth.
This poor mother is clearly in a desperate and probably dangerous situation. I hope they find her soon for her own sake.

Why are you bringing benefits into this? Did you mean to imply that only people claiming benefits are capable of abandoning a child?

I too worry @theilltemperedqueenofspacetime
that the mother will now be at heightened risk.
Heartbreaking.

This story is back in the headlines - police say they've narrowed the area of the search to 400 dwellings. I wonder if this announcement could put the woman at heightened risk.

Terrible woman-blaming headline in the DM:

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14714245/Hunt-mother-abandoned-three-babies-London.html#

The issue is if the father of the babies who is very likely holding the mother captive feels the police are getting closer, who knows what he may do.
Even if the police can't find him, what happens to the next baby? He may decide another abandoned baby isn't worth the risk of being caught and then there's a real danger of harm coming to the next new born
I pray the mother is found quickly, the police hopefully do know the specific ethnicity (even if they don't release that info to the armchair detectives/true crime podcasters) and hopefully she'll be found soon. They need to up their game and find her. Presumably she's been trafficked and existing in god knows what conditions

Could be a Joseph Fritzl type situation. Just awful. Hope the babies are being well taken care of.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14299411/baby-elsa-parent-hunt-reward.html

Else and Roman are adorable 😭