Coroner’s court hears body of three-month-old discovered after police kicked in door to Corowa home in 2022
The only DNA found on the handle of a freezer inside which a dead three-month-old baby was discovered belonged to the infant’s mother, a
Harris told the court it was unclear when KP had died, but said there was no evidence the child was alive after 12 January 2022.KP’s mother had told police that the baby had been with an acquaintance prior to the discovery of the body and that she did not know how the child ended up in the freezer, the inquest heard.
That night, police went to the granny flat at the back of a Corowa property, which the infant and KP’s mother shared with her parents. The mother initially told police she had given KP to a friend in Albury, but did not provide further details, the inquest heard. The inquest also heard that after KP’s birth on 18 October 2021, the child’s mother had received home visits from nurses and case workers from the NSW Department of Communities and Justice. A visit from a nurse on 4 January 2022 was the last time KP was seen alive.
The inquest also heard that the mother’s mental health had deteriorated from 2017, after two of her children from a previous relationship moved to live with their father, the court heard. The mother has not revealed the identity of KP’s father.
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