Overview
- Police found the boy’s body in a rental home in Wyong after the mother attended a local station, with investigators describing the scene as extremely distressing and mutilated.
- The 32-year-old woman was arrested at the station, has been charged with murder and domestic violence, and the court refused her bail.
- Investigators have opened a developing inquiry into alleged cannibalism and obtained a court order for forensic examination of the woman’s mouth and other samples.
- First responders required psychological support after attending the scene, and police have seized the defendant’s car and additional evidence as part of ongoing forensic work.
- Neighbors say the child was seen as happy and that the mother and boy moved into the rental earlier this year, and the case is next listed for a Wyong court appearance on September 1.