Police have charged a woman with manslaughter over the death of a newborn baby boy found mutilated in a Cairns driveway more than two decades ago.
The torso of the baby boy, believed to be no more than 48 hours old, was found on the driveway of a home in Hayward Street, Mooroobool, on 4 May 1996.
Police at the time believed the baby had been drowned, cut in half with a sharp instrument and dumped. The torso was believed to have been dragged to the driveway by dogs and the lower half of the boy’s body was never found
A 43-year-old Manoora woman was arrested on Sunday and charged with one count each of manslaughter, misconduct with regards to a corpse and concealing the birth of a child.
She was due to face Cairns magistrates court on Monday.
The breakthrough in the 20-year-old case came after police appealed to the public for informatin.
A Cairns woman was charged with murder over the boy’s death in 2008 but the case was dropped due to a lack of evidence.
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