WA Police treating death of baby in Balcatta in Perth's north as 'family violence incident'
Homicide Squad detectives are investigating after the six-month-old infant was found dead in a Balcatta home just after 3am on Monday.
The child's mother was taken by ambulance to Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital and placed under police guard.
WA Police Commissioner Col Blanch said members of the household were being questioned.
"It's the investigation of a family violence incident, it's confined to the members of that household," he told 6PR radio.
"There are no charges yet but the major crime squad are investigating."
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