Mum who killed baby son 27 years ago admitted secret had been 'haunting' her
When she was arrested, a covert police recording captured Joanne Sharkey, 56, telling her husband: "I'm not going to f***ing deny it. It is what it is isn't it. I f***ing did it."NewsJohn Scheerhout Crime reporter15:47, 21 Mar 2025Updated 16:11, 21 Mar 2025A housing benefit officer who killed her newborn son nearly 30 years ago while she was suffering from post natal depression and buried him near a theme park told police her secret had been 'haunting' her for decades."Do you know it's been a bit of a relief. I feel sick to the stomach for what I have done. It's out. It's come off my chest," Joanne Sharkey told cops.Article continues belowThe body of the infant, who came to be known as Baby Callum, was discovered inside two black bin bags, one inside the other, in woodland close to Gulliver's World in Warrington on March 14, 1998. A post mortem examination revealed the infant had suffered bruising to the head and neck and his mouth had been stuffed with wads of tissue paper.Hundreds o...