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Baby boy's skeleton found under floorboards wrapped in 1910 newspaper

Fadingcorroborated5 outlets reported this themselves in 5 reports over 2 days - more reporting than echo.
After publishing: 1 headline quietly rewritten1 change
  1. dailymail.comseen 7 Nov, 10:03headline rewritten

    Baby had twine tied around neck when remains were found, inquest toldBaby whose remains were found wrapped in 1910 newspaper was garrotted

Thu, 17 September 2026peak 4 reports on Thu, 17 September 2026Fri, 18 September 2026

After the peak, new reports halved every 7 hours.

What it is about

Louise MulcahyMicol ZupelloPeter MoodyBrian TripneyCrispin OliverCrook Civic CentreUnited StatesDurham PoliceUniversity Of GlasgowNew Mexico, United StatesCounty Durham, Durham, United KingdomBishop Auckland, Durham, United KingdomMicol ZuppelloMel SutherlandGlasgow UniversityHome OfficeDurham County CouncilBishop AucklandKosturIstraga

Who published it, and when

original reportedited after publishingfirst to report
walesonline.co.uk1 original report
dailymail.com1 original report - edited after publishing
The Guardian World1 original report
17 Sept, 12:34over 2 hours17 Sept, 14:06

2 reports left out of the cascade - too little in common with the story to place

How it spread - 5 original reports

  1. Thu, 17 September 2026

    4 reports
  2. Fri, 18 September 2026

    1 report

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