Mother’s DNA found on handle of freezer that contained dead infant, NSW inquest hears

Coroner's court hears body of three-month-old discovered after police kicked in door to Corowa home in 2022

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The only DNA found on the handle of a freezer inside which a dead three-month-old baby was discovered belonged to the infant's mother, a New South Wales inquest has heard.

Almost three years after the infant's body was discovered by police in a home in Corowa, on the NSW-Victoria border, a coronial inquiry on Monday morning in Albury began looking into the circumstances around the 2022 death.

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