Newborn baby found buried alive in Singapore

A newborn baby was found buried alive in Singapore on Tuesday afternoon, in a flower patch located at Eunos block 31A. A resident, Mr Tay, 60, was on the sixth floor sky garden at around 2pm when he heard crying noises coming from a plot of plants and flowers behind him. The retiree said that the cry sounded like it was made by a cat, and dismissed it at first. However, he felt something was amiss when he couldn't see any animals.

Mr Tay then used his hands to check if anything was hiding among the flowers, and was shocked to discover two tiny feet peeking out from beneath the soil. "I asked my friend to come and take a look, I thought it was a doll at first," said Mr Tay. He then climbed over and into the flower patch, removed the soil covering and was alarmed to find the baby, who was still alive.

Mr Tay immediately pulled the baby out. Describing the baby as small and dark-skinned, Mr Tay said the baby was bare-bodied, except for a black 'rope' made of plastic wound tightly around his neck. His umbilical cord was still attached. Miraculously, the baby was still breathing, but was very weak. "The baby's eyes were open, and his mouth and ears were filled with soil. He was crying non-stop, it was a pitiful sight," said Mr Tay, who immediately called the police.

Mr Tay estimates that the baby had been buried under about five centimetres of soil. He says the baby is lucky to survive, 'probably because of its strong will to live', said Mr Tay. Police found a blood-soaked singlet 10 metres away, which is believed to be related to the case. Droplets of blood were also found at the staircase landing near the site where the newborn was found.