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Police are investigating the discovery of a woman's body and a critically ill baby at Woonona on Tuesday afternoon. Picture: CHRISTOPHER CHAN
An eight-month-old baby was taken to hospital in a critical condition on Tuesday after his mother was found dead in a house in Woonona. It?s believed the woman, aged in her 30s, may have died several days ago, leaving the baby on its own. Police were called to the distressing scene in Cotterill Avenue about 2pm after receiving a call from the public about the welfare of those in the house. Wollongong police established a crime scene, and are investigating how and when the mother died.
Police believe there are no suspicious circumstances. Neighbours spoken to by the Mercury said they didn?t know what had happened. One said the woman kept to herself. Beyond the police tape around the Department of Housing property *where the woman?s body was found, a pram and the shell of a wooden cot sat in the driveway. A group of young boys milled around in front, curiously wondering what had happened inside. About 4.30pm, as neighbours watched, men in suits quietly carried a body bag into a white station wagon.
A distressed woman stopped her car in the street, worriedly asking who was involved and bursting into tears as police appeared to confirm her fears.
Shitty old fibro Housing Comission. What a place to go : (The death of a woman whose body was discovered in her home near Wollongong, south of Sydney, on Tuesday afternoon is not being treated as suspicious.? Also found was her critically ill eight-month-old baby boy, who police now have high hopes of?survival?for after he was rushed to Wollongong Hospital. Police were called to a house in Cotterill Avenue in Woonona after concerns for welfare about 2pm where the body of a woman, aged in her 30s, was found inside the home.
A police spokesman told Daily Mail Australia the woman's death is not being treated as suspicious. The spokesman also said the baby is in better health that initially thought and is suffering from non life-threatening injuries. Police from Wollongong Local Area Command have established a crime scene and are in the early stages of investigating the circumstances surrounding the death. At this stage, it is still unclear exactly when the woman died. A post-mortem examination will be conducted to establish the exact cause and time of her death.