Authorities remain unable to confirm the birthplace of a deceased baby boy discovered at the Tollgate Motel in Glen Osmond on October 10. Health Minister Blair Boyer said the government had been unable to confirm if the baby boy, found in the suburban motel south-east of the Adelaide CBD, was born in South Australia. However, he said it was not necessarily the case that the child had been born interstate.
"I am sure that we will find that out. That is a question we will get the answer to in time," Mr Boyer said.
According to police, post-mortem analysis showed the boy was aged between six and seven months, and had been "deceased for a period of time".
Mr Boyer said a search of SA Health databases found no record of the baby or his 42-year-old mother, Yue Ning Lieu, also known as Linda Lieu. He said SA Health sites had a shared record-keeping system, so their arrival at any aligned service would be searchable by government records.
South Australian Premier Peter Malinauskas said the family was not known to the SA Department of Child Protection.
Ms Lieu and the child's father, Benjamin Nicholas Houghton, 40, were arrested and charged with criminal neglect and concealing human remains. They detained under the Mental Health Act.
Police said the boy's parents had been staying at the motel since their arrival in SA at the beginning of the year.
They faced a bedside court hearing and have been remanded in custody until May 2027.