It’s a beautiful day in Sydney today, blue skies warm temperatures, not a cloud in the sky. I’m looking at my Facebook feed and my friends are celebrating our city, the beauty, the warmth, the “vibe” to quote the classic movie The Castle.
But there’s a helicopter over Maroubra beach and as my friend who breaks the news says to me “you know there’s only a helicopter in Maroubra when there’s been a drowning”. We have 13 year-old sons that are champing at the bit to go to the beach themselves – we are finely attuned to the sounds of helicopters around our closest beaches.
The last thing you expect to see on your beach is Forensic services vans. And swarms of police. You fear a drowning but you don’t expect kids to discover the body of a dead baby on the beach.
Here is the official statement from the Randwick Council
Randwick Mayor Ted Seng today said he was shocked and saddened to learn of the discovery of a newborn baby’s body at South Maroubra Beach today.
The body was discovered this morning Sunday 29 November 2014 by nippers from the local surf club who notified parents and Council Lifeguards.
Lifeguards initially sealed off the area and are now assisting police with their enquiries.“South Maroubra is one of our more isolated beaches, but it is patrolled by Randwick Council Lifeguards and volunteer surf life savers from South Maroubra Surf Life Saving Club,” Mayor Ted Seng said.
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“To say that I’m shocked is an understatement. I cannot imagine the circumstances that lead to this tragic event. Our thoughts and the thoughts of the whole Randwick community are with this little lost soul and the family and loved ones.”Council will continue to work with the police and surf life saving club as required.
The worst part, actually can there be a worse part than a baby’s body being discovered on the beach?, is that the body was discovered by kids. What they are processing right now is too difficult to imagine.
No details have been released yet about the gender or age of the baby , a crime scene has been established by the Eastern Beaches police, with the Police Rescue Squad and specialist forensic officers on the scene and it is reported that the homicide squad are also assisting.
A post mortem will be conducted to establish the cause of the child’s death and I am sure that I speak for every member of my community here on the edges of Maroubra beach when I say our hearts are shattered.
My heart breaks for the kids who found the baby, the baby who was found and somewhere out there the parents of this baby
The day is too beautiful, our lives too perfect to have this turn up on one of our beaches. Or so we thought.
People with any information are encouraged to call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000
horrified. unbelievable tragedy.. and in your area this time round.. last weekend, about 2 km from my place was where the newborn was discovered in that drain..so so awful x
We lived 5 minutes from where Daniel Morcombe disappeared. We woke up the morning after he was taken to find police and ses workers in our yard and street. We had driven past that overpass the afternoon before. Haunting.
Very sad.