A man and a woman are charged with neglect and have been remanded in custody.
Image source, PA MediaA child’s body has been found during searches of a garden in Birmingham.
West Midlands Police said last week officers were searching the garden of the home in Clarence Road, Handsworth, after receiving information suggesting there had been a death there in 2020.
A man, aged 40, and a woman, aged 41, were arrested on 9 December on suspicion of causing or allowing the death of a child and a separate case of wilful neglect.
Both have been charged with neglect.
They have been remanded in custody.
Post-mortem tests on the body are due to be held, the police force said.
The force said the home’s current occupiers were not connected to the inquiry.
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