Toddler is discovered alone in a house with dead mother’s body – and investigators suspect the child may have been there for TWO days
- Police found toddler in Melbourne house with mother’s body
- The child could have been alone in the house for days
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A toddler discovered by police in a Melbourne house with his mother’s body could have been there alone for up to two days.
Officers went to the apartment on Cottrell St in Werribee in the city’s west about 11.40am Wednesday on a welfare check and found the dead woman.
The child was unharmed but was taken to hospital as a precaution before being released into the care of distraught relatives.
Police said the woman’s death is not being treated as suspicious but investigations into the cause are still underway.
The apartment building contains a mix of social housing and private residences, with one neighbour complaining it was 48 hours between when the welfare check was first called in and officers showing up.
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Police released a statement on Wednesday evening.
‘Officers conducted a welfare check at a Cottrell Street address and located a woman deceased, about 11.40am,’ a spokesperson said.
‘A post-mortem will be conducted to determine the cause of death, however, at this stage it appears non-suspicious.
‘A young child was found unharmed… They have been taken to hospital as a precaution and are now being cared for by relatives.’
One neighbour told the
More to follow.
