DESCRIPTION:
- The male infant was between 24 and 48 hours old and the result of a full-term pregnancy.
QUICK CASE FACTS:
- Two volunteers who rescued sick or injured water birds were walking along the bank at Lake Monger Reserve around 9.30am Tuesday 11 April 1989.
- The body of a male infant was located around 10am on 11 April 1989, on the edge of Lake Monger.
- The male infants feet were touching the shoreline with his head pointing towards the middle of the lake.
BACKGROUND:
Lake Monger Reserve is less than four kilometres north-west from the city of Perth and the lake’s surface area covers 70 hectares (170 acres). The lake is nestled between the suburbs of Leederville, Wembley and Glendalough.
CASE DETAILS:
At about 9.30am on Tuesday 11 April 1989, two friends arrived at the lake as they were volunteers who rescued sick or injured water birds. The two friends walked anti clockwise around the circular lake and stopped briefly to speak with some council workers.
Continuing their walk one of the friends spotted what she first thought was a dead swan on the lake in an exposed bank area near a storm water drain. After a closer look she realised it was a baby floating face down.
The baby’s feet were touching the shoreline with his head pointing toward the middle of the lake.
It is believed the baby was between 24 and 48 hours old, and the result of a full-term pregnancy.
The child and his mother have never been identified.
If you have any information about the death of or the identity of the unidentified male infant, please contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or make an online report below. Please remember that you can remain anonymous if you wish and rewards are offered.
