Nine-month-old baby is found dead in Elizabeth Downs home with piles of child-related junk including a potty out the front – as woman, 31, is arrested
A woman has been charged after a nine-month-old boy was found dead inside a home in Adelaide’s north.
Emergency services raced to the scene in Midlow Road, Elizabeth Downs, about 8pm on Wednesday following reports the baby had been found unresponsive.
The baby was unable to be revived, despite the best efforts of paramedics.
Photos from the scene showed a heavy police presence at the home, along with multiple ambulances and a fire truck.
Baby items, including a car seat, bouncer, toilet potty and bath were spotted strewn outside the home the following morning.
Detectives have launched an investigation into the baby’s death and were at the scene for much of the night.
Following further inquiries, a 31-year-old woman who lived at the property was charged with criminal neglect.
She was bailed to appear in the Elizabeth Magistrates’ Court on April 14.
A baby boy has died after he was found unresponsive at a home in Adelaide’s north
Baby items, including a car seat, bouncer and bath were dumped outside the home on Thursday
Police inquiries into the baby’s death at the Elizabeth Downs home (pictured) continue
Police are yet to reveal the woman’s relationship with the baby boy.
A report will be prepared for the coroner as detectives continue to examine the circumstances surrounding the baby’s death.
Investigators returned to the street on Thursday to examine the home and doorknock shocked neighbours.
‘There was one big ambulance and three or four four-wheel-drive ambulances and a fire truck and about six police cars,’ Jasmine Hudson told the ABC.
‘It’s heartbreaking and I feel for the people it happened to.’
Another neighbour added: ‘That is so horrible … I’ve got a grand baby and two children of my own.’
