A man has been charged with murder following an investigation into the circumstances of the death of a baby in the state’s central west in 2018.
About 10am on Monday 23 July 2018, emergency services were called to a home at Binnaway following reports a nine-month-old girl was unresponsive.
The baby was taken to Coonabarabran Hospital by NSW Ambulance Paramedics, and, despite the efforts of medical staff, she died a short time later.
Detectives from Orana Mid-Western Police District have been investigating the circumstances surrounding the girl’s death under Strike Force King.
After receiving new information, strike force officers executed a crime scene warrant at a home at Binnaway on Wednesday 31 May 2023.
Following further inquiries, detectives arrested a 37-year-old man at a home at Bowraville at 9.45am today (Thursday 8 June 2023).
He was taken to Macksville Police Station and charged with murder.
The man has been refused bail to appear at Macksville Local Court today (Thursday 8 June 2023).
