Police found evidence of a birth on the banks of the inner west’s Cooks River, sparking a desperate search for mother and child.
A woman appears to have given birth beside an inner-Sydney river then disappeared, prompting a desperate overnight search for mother and child amid grave fears for their welfare.
An area near the Cooks River was taped off on Monday night following the discovery of evidence that a mother had given birth on the banks of the river.Burwood Superintendent Christine McDonald said police conducted urgent forensic tests. “I can confirm that a placenta and an umbilical cord of a human has been located,” she told reporters late on Monday night.Officers are urging the mother to attend her nearest hospital to seek care for herself and the baby.
Police investigations will confirm whether the mother gave birth at that point on the bank of the river. They believe the material is too far from the road to have been thrown from the Wardell Road bridge.
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