New born baby found dead in Perth

[Mups]

How horrible.  Poor little mite:

• Baby's body found in stormwater drain

The body of a baby has been found by tradesmen who were cleaning a drain in suburban Perth.
Police responded to reports of a body being located in a stormwater drain in Alexander Heights, 17km north of the CBD, about 1pm on Monday.
Multiple police resources have been deployed to the location of the drain on La Salle Road.

[Dextrous63]

That's horrible.  There'll be a traumatised mother out there somewhere who'll have to live with what she felt she had to do.  No winners here whatsoever.

[Michael Rolls]

How utterly awful

[Mups]

Here's a bit more about it:

https://7news.com.au/news/baby-boy-found-dead-in-perth-stormwater-drain-placed-there-in-recent-days-police-say-c-19732890

[GrannyMac]

Tragic.  I wonder if the parents will ever be traced.

[Scrumpy]

To place a newborn baby, be it dead or alive , into a drain is cruel..
Poor little thing... I hope it was not alive when placed there..

[Michael Rolls]

How can anyone do such a thing?

[Alex]

How sad and cruel at the same time.  Whatever her state on mind, there are better places to leave your baby, poor little lad.

[Mups]

I have only just realised that this little newborn was dumped in Perth - Australia.
I thought it was Perth,   Scotland.

What on earth can make a Mother do something like that.    
Mind you,  I suppose it doesn't have to have been the Mother, does it.  
Last I saw, the Police were still looking for the parents.

[Michael Rolls]

Ah, I had assumed it was our Perth

[Scrumpy]

It can happen anywhere in the world... and it does..
To put a child or creature down a drain is cruel..
No regard for the body ... like throwing away the trash...

[klondike]

I image it was an attempt to hide the body

[Scrumpy]

Then do the right thing and bury it... 

[klondike]

I don't know the circumstances but maybe no transport and no property? The real question is how did the baby die IMO. Possibly a junkie dumped the child after allowing or casing it to die. Pointless to speculate as it will certainly all come out.

[Mups]

Ah, I had assumed it was our Perth

So did I, Michael.    
In that article,  it just said 'Perth.'