Search for missing baby boy continues off South Australia's South East coast
Emergency services in South Australia are continuing a search for a three-month-old infant near Port MacDonnell. The bodies of the child's mother and toddler sister were recovered from the ocean earlier this week.
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This is a tragic, ongoing public safety incident that has mobilized significant local emergency resources and community attention.
Emergency services continue a search for a baby boy near Port MacDonnell. ( ABC News: Guido Salazar )
A search for a missing infant continues in the state's South East after the bodies of a woman and her toddler were recovered on Monday.
SA's Police Commissioner says the investigation is active and they are committed to finding the infant as quickly as possible.
Authorities will continue to search for the baby despite the poor weather conditions.
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The bodies of the boy's mother and sister were found floating in the ocean yesterday, after authorities were called to Cape Northumberland, about 400 kilometres south-east of Adelaide.
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