Headless body found on Spanish beach identified as baby girl under six months old

Forensic experts say the child was less than six months old when she died - much younger than previously thought - after that his body was found in the resort of Roda on the Costa Dorada de Bera

The child found dead washed up on Spain's Costa Dorada beach this week was possibly under six months old (

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The child whose headless body was found on a Spanish beach was a baby girl less than six months old, he revealed.

Initial reports put the youngster's age at between two and three years following the tragic discovery on the beach at the Costa Dorada resort of Roda de Bera on Tuesday.

But initial autopsy results indicate that she is much younger than previously thought. Forensic experts have also concluded that his body was in the water between a fortnight and two months, according to local reports.

The fact that the baby's upper torso was missing as well as her head will make it harder to determine if she died accidentally or as a result of a crime. It is hoped that further tests will establish a probable cause of death and determine his ethnicity.

A local mayor said the child in question could have been on a migrant boat that sank in the Mediterranean (

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The mayor of Roda de Bera, Pere Virgili, said the child in question could have been on a