Australian police dig for remains of multiple babies in secret graves

Police in Australia began digging up a rural property searching for what reports said were “multiple babies” in secret graves.

Officers swooped on a house near Gin Gin, 370 kilometres northwest of Brisbane, after a tip-off that children were born in secret and their bodies hidden on the property by the same family in the 1990s and early 2000s.

“I can confirm we are conducting investigations into information received regarding allegations a number of childbirths have been concealed on the property,” said cold case homicide detective inspector Mick Dowie.