Grandmother arrested after two kids, aged 8 and 10, found dead at a Coonabarabran home

Published on: May 5, 2025

By MAX ALDRED FOR DAILY MAIL AUSTRALIA

Published: 08:00 BST, 5 May 2025 | Updated: 08:37 BST, 5 May 2025

A grandmother has been arrested after police discovered the bodies of two children, aged eight and ten, in a home.

Emergency services attended a home in Coonabarabran, in central-west NSW, at 2pm on Monday following reports of a concern for welfare.

Police found two dead children at the home as well as a 66-year-old woman.

The woman was taken to the local police station where she is currently being interviewed by police.

‘Inquiries are ongoing,’ a NSW Police spokeswoman said.

No charges have been laid.

Meanwhile, a Brisbane woman in her 60s was charged with manslaughter over the death of a baby last year.

Police rushed to a property at Darra in Brisbane’s south-west on April 3, 2024, following reports an infant was unconscious and not breathing.

A grandmother has been arrested after police discovered two deceased children at a home in Coonabarabran, New South Wales (above)

The 11-month-old baby boy was declared dead at the scene.

Police established Operation Whiskey Nocturne to investigate his death and on Monday detectives charged a 63-year-old Darra woman with manslaughter.

She is due to appear before Richland Magistrates Court on June 4.

More to come