The home where a nine-month-old infant was discovered dead had mounds of trash, bags of filthy diapers, and a nasty stench emanating from it.
After responding to a complaint about a concern for welfare on Monday at about 10am, police discovered the “unresponsive” newborn inside the Doonside residence in Sydney’s west.
It was impossible to resuscitate the kid.
Detectives talked with the baby’s parents as police officers surrounded the scene.
On Tuesday, Daily Mail Australia was greeted with a foul odour coming from the house, diapers on the sidewalk, and overflowing trash cans piled on a shopping cart.
Broken toys, trash, and beer bottles are all across the yard.
The residence, where the infant was taken out by paramedics the day before, has garbage spilling out the front door into the porch.
The deceased youngster, according to the neighbours, was a newborn boy.
The pair, who were transported to the Blacktown police station for interrogation, are thought to be in their late 20s or early 30s.
Although the family of four youngsters “had not gone out for the previous week or two,” neighbours said that they had regularly heard loud disputes emanating from the home from the two parents.
Jessica, who lives behind the run-down home, said she had called the RSPCA about two malnourished pet dogs she had noticed in the backyard, and the organisation had taken the animals away.
“I saw the dogs, but I hardly saw the kids.” She said to Daily Mail Australia, “I feel so bad that I didn’t detect anything.
I overheard them (the parents of the kids) yelling and arguing. I’ve never seen the infant.
Even though it had been a few weeks and the family had not been outdoors lately, another neighbour, Karen, claimed to have seen “all the kids out on the back patio laughing and playing.”
I believe the parents had some problems, Karen stated. Just a tragedy, I say. I’m not sure whether it was a fatal accident or a natural cause of death.
“I was truly heartbroken that someone so young won’t go on with their life,” I said.
Since I’ve been a resident in this neighbourhood for 33 years, there have been sporadic incidents, but Jason was murdered a year ago. The loss of so many young lives is sad.
Ms. Nicholas was referring to Jason Galleghan, 16, who was discovered on August 4 of last year with head and chest injuries at a home on Perigee Close close to the home where the nine-month-old baby was discovered dead.
Jason was discovered unconscious and brought to Westmead Hospital, where he was subsequently confirmed as having passed away.
Since then, five adolescents, including Kayla Dawson, 19, have been accused of killing Jason.
Carol-Ann, a different neighbour of the filthy home where the infant is reported to have died, said she often heard arguments, especially in the evening.
I heard screams coming from inside as I was walking by, she said.
The baby’s cause of death is being investigated by forensic investigators; no charges have been filed.