South Australia police say the body of a baby boy was found in an Adelaide motel room after a welfare check on Saturday. This was reported by Qazaqyia.kz citing The Guardian.
The infant was aged between six and seven months old and had been "deceased for a period of time," South Australia police said in a statement on Tuesday. A post-mortem confirmed the boy's age, police said.
A man and a woman have been charged after the baby boy was found dead in the motel. Benjamin Nicholas Houghton, 40, and Yue Ning Lieu, 42, are in custody after police discovered the child during a welfare check at a Glen Osmond motel in Adelaide's south on Saturday.
The man and woman had been living at the Tollgate Motel since they arrived in SA at the start of the year, police said. Houghton and Lieu have been charged with criminal neglect and destroy human remains to pervert the course of justice.
Their matters appeared in Adelaide magistrates court on Monday. They did not apply for bail and were remanded in custody until 3 May 2027.
SA police's eastern district detectives conducted the initial investigation. "However, due to the nature and complexity of the incident and the resources required, Major Crime Investigation Branch have taken over the investigation," a police statement said.
"Police are seeking assistance from anyone who has stayed at the Tollgate Motel, and specifically anyone who has information about the occupants of room four to contact Crime Stoppers."
The investigation is ongoing. No further information has been released by police. The accused remain in custody until 3 May 2027.