{"id":646637,"date":"2026-05-03T09:18:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T09:18:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/646637\/"},"modified":"2026-05-03T09:18:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T09:18:13","slug":"newborn-found-dead-in-tent-in-wagga-wagga-second-baby-rushed-to-hospital-in-critical-condition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/646637\/","title":{"rendered":"Newborn found dead in tent in Wagga Wagga, second baby rushed to hospital in critical condition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">A newborn has been found dead in a tent with another baby rushed to hospital.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">Emergency services were called to Cadell Pl in Wagga Wagga, in the NSW Riverina region, to visit a tent site just after 4.20pm on Saturday following a concern for welfare report.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">Cadell Pl backs onto the Murrumbidgee River, where 7NEWS.com.au understands the tent was sent up in the parkland bush.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-178igh4-StyledParagraph e1s06mna1\">Know the news with the 7NEWS app: <a class=\"css-h2mhmv-StyledContextualLink e1s06mna0\" href=\"https:\/\/7news.com.au\/app?utm_source=7NEWS&amp;utm_medium=contextual-link-app&amp;utm_campaign=7news-app\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Download today Arrow<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">Officers from the Riverina Police District arrived to find a 37\u2011year\u2011old woman, the body of a newborn infant, and a second infant at the tent.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">NSW Ambulance paramedics treated the woman and the surviving baby before both were taken to Wagga Wagga Base Hospital, where the baby remains in a critical condition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">A crime scene has been established as detectives work to determine what happened.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">The investigation remains ongoing and anyone with information is asked to contact police.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"css-6fiqrm-StyledLinkWrapper e1y7kr221\" href=\"https:\/\/7news.com.au\/news\/teen-fighting-for-life-after-hit-and-run-on-rural-north-queensland-highway-c-22227459\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>Teen fights for life after hit-and-run near rodeo grounds<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-xp0jgm-StyledTimeToRead e1y7kr223\">1 min read<\/p>\n<p><\/a><a class=\"css-6fiqrm-StyledLinkWrapper e1y7kr221\" href=\"https:\/\/7news.com.au\/news\/close-call-tipped-as-reserve-bank-mulls-third-rate-hike-on-tuesday-c-22227015\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>Australians brace for potential of third straight rate hike<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-xp0jgm-StyledTimeToRead e1y7kr223\">2 min read<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A newborn has been found dead in a tent with another baby rushed to hospital. Emergency services were&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":646638,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,48,44,5847,4277],"class_list":["post-646637","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-crime","tag-news","tag-nsw-news","tag-nsw-police"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/646637","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=646637"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/646637\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/646638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=646637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=646637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=646637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}