Benjamin Nicholas Houghton and Yue Ning Lieu were arrested in Adelaide after a baby boy was found dead in a motel room; Lieu had previously been reported missing in New South Wales in 2021 with her two-year-old daughter.
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A woman charged with criminal neglect and concealing human remains over the death of an infant had previously been reported missing in New South Wales with another child.
Benjamin Nicholas Houghton, 40, and Yue Ning Lieu, 42, were arrested on Saturday when the baby boy was found at an Adelaide motel.
The pair have been remanded in custody until next year.
A mother charged over the alleged criminal neglect of a baby boy found dead inside a motel room in Adelaide had previously been reported missing in New South Wales five years ago with another child.
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Benjamin Nicholas Houghton and Yue Ning Lieu, also known as Linda Lieu, have been charged with criminal neglect and concealing human remains.
Police attended the Tollgate Motel at Glen Osmond on Saturday for a welfare check and found the infant who they said had been deceased "for a period of time."
Police said initial investigations showed the pair had been residing at the motel since arriving in South Australia from interstate at the beginning of the year and had not had contact with state authorities during that time.
A post-mortem revealed the baby was aged six to seven months old, police said.
The 40-year-old man and 42-year-old woman faced a bedside court hearing on Monday and have been remanded in custody until May next year.
Woman reported missing
In 2021, NSW Police appealed for public assistance to locate then-36-year-old Linda Lieu and her two-year-old daughter who had been reported missing from Sydney's south.
Police had said they held grave concerns for the welfare of the pair, who had been reported missing in May after they were last seen at a family member's house on Truman Avenue in Riverwood.
Police said it was believed Linda also frequented other areas around Sydney and the Bairnsdale region of Victoria.
NSW Police and Victoria Police have declined to comment on the missing person matter today.
Consumer and Business Services, which oversees SA's Births, Deaths and Marriages registry, has also declined to comment.
In a blog run by Ms Lieu, she describes herself as a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner living and working in Sydney.
The police investigation continues.
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