AN infant known only as Baby Lara who was discovered entombed in a block of concrete was laid to rest in a tiny white coffin today.
About 50 mourners attended St Paul's Church in Seaton, Cumbria, to pay their respects to the child whose history remains shrouded in mystery.
The congregation included Ron Thwaites, a possible brother to Baby Lara, and Anne and Philip Chadwick, of Sandles Road, Droitwich, who were originally arrested on suspicion of her murder but later dropped from the police inquiry.
A white teddy bear and a poem were placed on the coffin as it was lowered into the grave.
The true identity of Baby Lara, whose body was found by chance, still remains a mystery, despite lengthy police and forensic investigations.
The remains of the youngster, aged between four and six months, were found by a man renovating his garage in the hamlet of Barepot, near Workington, in 2002.
An inquest into her death heard the child was beaten and may have been sexually abused before being plunged into the block of wet concrete while alive.
This meant the killer had placed the child head first in the mixture and left it for at least several minutes before returning later to add more concrete.
A post-mortem examination found the little girl had a fractured skull and bruising to the abdomen.
After the service, Mrs Chadwick said: "As it was said in church, it is now time to move on and that is what we will try and do."
A Cumbria Police spokesman said the investigation into Lara's death was continuing.
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