Western Australia Police investigating discovery of baby's body in stormwater drain

ABC NEWS (Australia)

Western Australia Police are still working to identify an infant whose body was found in a Perth stormwater drain on Monday and the child's mother. Police believe the baby boy was placed in the drain in recent days and hold serious welfare concerns for the woman who gave birth.

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00:00Two maintenance workers were conducting routine checks and cleaning storm drains in the northern

00:08suburbs of Alexander Heights when they made the horrific discovery on Monday afternoon.

00:14And it was no doubt a confronting scene, something that police acknowledged not only for the

00:19workers who found the baby's body, but also for the first responders at the scene.

00:25There was no information that sent workers to that drain.

00:30This was a chance discovery.

00:31They were very unprepared, not that you can prepare for a discovery like this.

00:37Police believe the baby's body was placed in that location and say that there's no evidence

00:43of the baby being washed through the drain, but the forensic teams are still analysing

00:48evidence from the scene to see if they can piece together any more clues about the circumstances

00:54of this baby's death.

00:55Now, it's still unclear exactly who the mother of the baby is.

01:01And police say that identifying and finding her is their top priority because they hold

01:06urgent welfare concerns.

01:08They say that she likely needs medical attention.

01:12If you are watching, if you are listening, if you are that mother, please come forward and

01:19make yourself known to police.

01:21We would love to help you.

01:23From the mother of this child through to the discovery of this child's body by those drain

01:32workers, I cannot think of a more harrowing set of circumstances for people to be confronting.

01:39Police will continue to dig for any clues, but they are also urging the public to get in

01:44touch with any information or CCTV they might have which could prove pivotal to identifying

01:50and finding the mother of this baby.

01:53police say that you need to look forward to seeing that the mother of the revealed

01:57of their fingertips.

01:59The mother of the child is a dead-194-233, so she and she is a dead-194-28-233.

02:01She has a dead-194-233.

02:03The mother of the child has been blown into the cemetery.

02:05The mother of the child's baby is a dead-194-243, and she has a dead-206-254.

02:07The mother of the child's baby, as she has a dead-205-274-233.

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