A woman has been charged with murder after a 20-month-old foster baby in her care was found dead with a broken leg and badly bruised face.
The carer, 40, was arrested on Monday over the 2015 death of the toddler in a rural town near Dubbo in Central West New South Wales.
The Aboriginal child suffered a broken femur and facial injuries before he died, The Daily Telegraph reported.
A woman has been charged with murder after a 20-month-old foster baby in her care was found dead with a broken leg and badly bruised face (stock image)
The toddler’s biological mother told the paper she was ‘desperate for answers’ and said she felt let down by the government and the foster care provider.
‘We don’t know anything… We haven’t been told anything. We didn’t even get to see him until three weeks after he died,’ she said.
The mother claimed she was abused by her partner and sought temporary help to look after her son, who died just two months later.
The night before the child was found dead, the foster carer held a ‘gathering’ at the home, the paper understands.
The woman, who can’t be named for legal reasons, was charged over the boy’s death and refused bail.
She will appear in Dubbo Local Court on Tuesday.
An inquest into the child’s death is now expected to be delayed as the court process is carried out.
The carer, 40, was arrested on Monday over the 2015 death of the toddler in a rural town near Dubbo in Central West New South Wales (stock image)
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