Baby skeleton found under floorboards believed to be more than 100 years old

Police said officers identified twine wrapped around the infant’s neck – indicating that the cause of death is likely to have been suspicious

Police are appealing for information regarding the address and the property’s historical ownership (Owen Humphreys/PA)

The skeleton of a baby found underneath floorboards by property renovation contractors in England is believed to be more than 100 years old, police have said.

The human remains were found wrapped in a newspaper that has deteriorated over the decades at an address in Fore Bondgate in Bishop Auckland on July 29.