Baby search called off after mother and toddler found dead off South Australia coast
Police have ended the search for a missing infant after a woman and her toddler were found dead in waters off South Australia's Limestone Coast.
The bodies of a 36-year-old woman and her 23-month-old daughter were recovered in the water near Port MacDonnell on Monday. Her 3-month-old son remains missing, and police have called off the search, describing it as now a retrieval effort. The woman had visited a police station the day before the incident.
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1News
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1News
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NZ Herald
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Stuff
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1News
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Stuff
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1News
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