Pacific Islands

Origins of Samoan baby's body still a mystery

August 12, 2019 3:42 pm

[Source: loop Samoa]

The Lauli’i village council in Samoa says it believes a baby found floating off a beach near their village was dumped there last Wednesday.

The Samoa Observer newspaper reports local mayor, Fa’alogo Moli, saying the council had been to every family in Lauli’i and concluded that someone must have dumped the baby.

Fa’alogo says all babies born in the last eight months in the village had been accounted for.

Article continues after advertisement

He says the village council will not stop until they uncover who did, what he calls an “unchristian act”.

Meanwhile, the police have advised the public to refrain from posting pictures of the decomposing body on social media.

The Deputy Commissioner says people sharing the disturbing photos are insensitive to others who are or experiencing the loss of loved ones, including a child.