A baby's frozen body was found wrapped in a plastic bag, it has been reported.
Police said a 17-year-old girl and a 45-year-old woman have been arrested on suspicion of murder following the horrific discovery in Rossington, Doncaster.
Emergency services arrived at the scene at 12.15pm on Thursday. They tragically pronounced the baby dead at the scene.
Members of the public have been asked to avoid the area and to not speculate on the circumstances around the baby's death.
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Temporary Superintendent Jamie Henderson said: "This is an extremely tragic case and I know the local community, and those further afield, will be very upset to hear about what has happened.
"At this time, our investigation into the circumstances surrounding the baby’s death is in the very early stages and we ask the public not to speculate about the case.
"There is a cordon in place on Norman Crescent in the Rossington area while our officers carry out their work, and therefore we are asking members of the public to avoid the area at this time."
Shop worker Darnell Jackson, 23, said he found the child wrapped in a Heron Foods bag around noon on Thursday, December 16, at a house in Rossington, Doncaster.
Darnell told Yorkshire Live : "I was shocked and speechless. I work at the local supermarket Herons just across from our house and I recognised the bag immediately.
"I left then as I couldn’t stay in the house and I had a cigarette in the garden to calm my nerves. I felt physically sick and waited for the police to arrive."
