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There's a list of the 18 house-to-house inquiries that were made in the days after.

There's something else that arrives with the documents, some new press cuttings.

These ones were written by a young reporter just starting out on the local paper.

Terry Hunt still remembers the call coming in.

How would you describe what it looked like, that place?

Everyone, the journalists, the police, even us young kids, though we can't quite put our finger on why, we all think there's something strange about this story.

That's interesting.

So there was something unusual from the get-go?

The police did receive some tip-offs.

There was a green Austin car seen parked nearby at a crossroads at 8.25 that morning.

The car's engine was running and a woman was spotted at the wheel, covering her face with her hands.

There was a sighting of a second woman, seen a few minutes later, parked in a different lane not far from the verge.

Two calls came in to the dedicated phone line.

A week later, a parcel of clothes was sent anonymously to the hospital, addressed simply to Baby Heather.

Inside were five dresses and a romper suit.

As the search for the baby's mother continued, the district medical officer was quoted in the press saying, The mother is probably tired, exhausted, he says.

She's at risk of haemorrhage and infection.

At risk of infection?

Tired and exhausted?

Aged eight, my focus had been firmly on the infant.