BALLARAT: Death of child at Sebastopol


Detectives from the Homicide Squad arrested a man and a woman following the death of a Sebastopol child.
A 26-year-old woman and an 18-year-old man were interviewed by detectives on Thursday afternoon (Nov. 20).
The duo has since been released pending further enquiries.
Police have been told the one-year-old boy became unresponsive about 12 Noon on Tuesday, November 4, while at home and was taken to hospital by his mother and her partner.
The child passed away in a Melbourne hospital on November 6.
Exact circumstances leading up to the child’s death are still being determined.
The investigation remains ongoing.