A mum has been charged with murder after the body of a four-year-old boy was present in a house in Recent South Wales, Australia.
The girl, 32, allegedly told police she had ‘carried out acts of cannibalism’ on her son when turning herself in at 4.40pm yesterday.
Officers later discovered the boy’s body with significant arm injuries while carrying out a welfare check at her home on Bryron Street, Wyong.
The teenager can have been dead for days, broadcaster Nine News reported.
Insiders told The Sydney Morning Herald and the Day by day Telegraph that fears of cannibalism got here from ‘discussions’ police had with the mum.
The girl, who can’t be identified as a consequence of Australian child crime victim laws, drove to the station, which triggered the search of her home.
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Her Holden Captiva, together with other evidence, was seized. Police haven’t said whether anything recovered on the scene suggested cannibalism.
She was charged with a domestic violence-related murder today.
Supt Chad Gillies said at a press conference that the mum and son had a ‘domestic relationship’ and lived together on the unit.
She was known to the force, he added.
‘It was a particularly confronting scene,’ Mr Gillies said.
The coroner will conduct a post-mortem next week to find out the reason behind death.
Boy was a ‘little angel’, say locals
Neighbour Harley Chislett said that the boy was a ‘little angel’ who often spent hours twiddling with his toy automotive and Staffordshire Bull Terrier puppy.
He told the Day by day Telegraph: ‘I can’t imagine he’s dead. He was a great kid, a little bit of a rug rat at times, like all kids that age.’
‘I loved that child. Sometimes he can be up running around until 9pm, 10pm. It’s like he was running marathons at times.
‘He had a number of energy. He was cute.’
Mechanic Glenn Winterbottom, 51, who repaired the mum’s vehicle, said that he had never seen any sign of trouble between the mum and son.
The pair had moved into the rental earlier this 12 months, he said, following alleged domestic violence involving her and her ex-partner.
‘The child was really cute,’ Winterbottom added. ‘He said, “Are you able to please fix mummy’s automotive, because she broke it?”‘
The girl was denied bail after failing to look in court today.
She is going to return to court on September 1.
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