{
  "id": 12068141,
  "title": "WATCH: Newborn baby allegedly strangled with hairband, found in Chatsworth",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/watch-newborn-baby-allegedly-strangled-with-hairband-found-in",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-05T03:57:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/thepost/news/2026-10-05-watch-newborn-baby-allegedly-strangled-with-hairband-found-in-chatsworth/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A newborn baby was allegedly strangled with a blue hairband and found in a stocking on a pathway in Chatsworth, South Africa. Police have launched an inquest into the incident and are searching for the mother. The baby's body was discovered on 30th Avenue by a passerby who noticed a blue beanie with a bloodied bag attached to a staircase on the pathway. The passerby alerted a resident, who then found a stocking containing the baby, whose head, hands, and legs were tightly bound with the hairband. The baby appeared to have been born within an hour before being found, and paramedics confirmed that she had died from strangulation. The placenta, identified as the blood in the beanie, was also found nearby. The Bayview Community Policing Forum expressed deep distress over the incident, emphasizing the urgent need to address the support available for vulnerable mothers. They urged the community to take action, provide resources, and establish a safe \"baby-saver\" facility in Chatsworth to prevent such tragedies in the future.",
  "summary": "The baby was tied tightly inside a baby blanket before it was stuffed inside the stocking.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Indian Express",
        "title": "Newborn found dead inside Madhya Pradesh hospital. Then, doctors noticed marks around her neck",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/newborn-found-dead-inside-madhya-pradesh-hospital-then-doctors",
        "published": "2026-10-05T00:00:22.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}