Parents charged after infant body found in Adelaide motel room
Police in South Australia arrested a couple after discovering their dead infant inside an Adelaide motel room on Saturday.
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The Daily Mail reported that South Australia Police arrested 42-year-old Yue Ning Lieu, also known as Linda Lieu, and 40-year-old Benjamin Nicholas Houghton on Saturday. The arrests followed the discovery of their baby son's decomposing body at the Tollgate Motel in the Adelaide suburb of Glen Osmond. [1]
According to the Daily Mail, authorities charged the couple with criminal neglect and concealing human remains. Officers reportedly found the infant's body hidden beneath blankets in a fly-infested room where incense was used to mask the smell, after the baby had lain dead for months. [1]
The Daily Mail reported that online posts by the parents revealed an obsession with Satanic forces, missing children, and references to a dark lord. In fiction and mythology, a dark lord serves as an antagonistic archetype representing evil within narrative stories. [1][2]
In short
- Yue Ning Lieu and Benjamin Nicholas Houghton were arrested on Saturday at the Tollgate Motel in Glen Osmond.
- Police discovered the decomposing body of their infant son hidden beneath blankets.
- The couple faces charges of criminal neglect and concealing human remains.
Sources
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- [1]Inside the chilling Satanic obsession of the parents of baby boy who lay dead for months in a grubby Adelaide motel room with incense masking the smell: 'Dark Lord'Daily Mail, 1h ago (the report this story comes from)
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