Joanne Sharkey, 54, will appear in court after the body of the infant was discovered in a bin bag in an area of woodland in March 1998.
A woman has been charged with murder in connection with the death of a baby boy in Cheshire 26 years ago.
Joanne Sharkey, 54, will appear in court tomorrow after the body of the infant was discovered in a bin bag in an area of woodland in Callands, Warrington, in March 1998. A dog walker made the discovery and no one knew who the baby was, or his mother was - so he was named Callum after the Callands district of the town where he was found.Cheshire Police launched a murder investigation, but no arrests were made until a man and woman were detained in July 2023.Ms Sharkey, from West Derby in Liverpool, had been on bail since then but was re-arrested and charged on Monday.
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