A baby boy found dead in a storm water drain is believed to have been there for two weeks.
The horrifying discovery of the infant’s body was made in Alexander Heights in Perth’s north on Monday afternoon.
The Western Australia premier, Roger Cook, said the child was believed to have been inside the drain for about a fortnight.
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“The mother of that child must be incredibly distressed,” he told reporters on Tuesday.
It is understood tradespeople found the body while cleaning the drain on Monday, in what Mr Cook described as a “horrifying scenario”.
“Those workers that discovered the child’s body were confronted with the most distressing of circumstances,” he said.
“My heart goes out to everyone involved in this horrible, horrible series of events.
“This goes to the heart of everyone’s sense of humanity, a small child whose life has passed under tragic circumstances.”
WA police confirmed the investigation into the grim discovery remained ongoing.
Anyone with information has been urged to contact police.
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This article was amended on 19 August. The WA premier had indicated the body was that of a baby girl, but police later clarified that the child was a boy.
