December 1887, Montpelier Grove: 22 year old servant Elizabeth Fitch hears a dog bark and steps out into the road to see what the matter is. Her mistress, Mrs Osbourne, spots something against a wall. It’s – unbelievably – a baby’s head. They quickly find other parts of the poor child’s body. And in steps the local copper, who glimpses “the trunk” in a disused school on Leighton Grove.
Find out what happens next overleaf.
