A woman in her 30s is in a stable condition in hospital under police guard after a baby died at a Perth home overnight.
Ambulance crews were called to the property on Campion Avenue in Balcatta just after 3am on Monday.
Police at the scene in Balcatta, where a baby was found dead on Monday morning.Credit: 9News Perth
The woman was taken to Sir Charles Gardiner Hospital for treatment. The baby was not treated by crews.
WA Police’s major crime squad has cordoned off the street and is investigating the incident.
Neighbour Luke, who asked his last name not be used, said he lived near the woman allegedly involved.
“I got a knock on the door at 10 o’clock in the morning, and the police were asking me a few questions,” he said.
“It’s awful, something happens on the street you live at … it’s pretty terrible.
“All day the cops have lined up on the street and sectioned [it] off.”
Luke said police were tight-lipped about what happened.
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