Newborn baby is found dead in a garbage bin – as cops urgently search for his mother
Police in Sydney are appealing for information after a newborn baby was found dead inside a garbage bin in the western suburb of Auburn on Monday. The discovery has prompted an urgent investigation, with officers particularly concerned for the welfare of the baby's mother, whom they believe may need urgent medical attention.
Emergency services were called to a bin on Harrow Road, Auburn, at around 11.20am on Monday after reports that a baby's body had been found there. A crime scene has been established and Auburn detectives are leading the investigation. Police have urged the baby's mother to attend her nearest hospital for care, and are asking anyone with information, including dashcam or mobile phone footage from the area, to contact Auburn Police Station or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000. NSW Police are expected to give further details at a press conference later on the day of the discovery.
- Newborn found dead in bin in Auburn, Sydney, on Monday
- Police fear for welfare of the baby's mother, urge her to seek hospital care
- Detectives appeal for public information and dashcam/phone footage
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Police in Sydney are investigating after a newborn baby's body was found in a bin in Auburn, a suburb in the city's west, on Monday morning. The case is being treated as urgent, with detectives leading a search focused as much on finding and helping the baby's mother as on establishing what happened to the child.
Auburn is a residential and commercial area in Sydney's inner west, and Harrow Road, where the bin was found, is a public street. New South Wales Police, the state force responsible for the area, have set up a crime scene and are relying on public tips, including CCTV, dashcam or phone footage, to piece together events leading up to the discovery.
Cases like this typically raise concerns for the welfare of a mother who may have given birth without medical support and could be in urgent need of care, which is why police have appealed directly to her to seek help rather than treating the search purely as a criminal matter at this stage.