Police arrest man over death of four-week-old baby in 2023
A man has been arrested over the death of a four-week-old baby in southern NSW.
Child abuse squad detectives were notified after the baby was taken to Wagga Wagga Base Hospital in a critical condition on July 27, 2023.
Unexplained serious physical injuries were identified in the boy.
He was transferred to Sydney's Children's Hospital where he died on July 31.
Detectives attached to State Crime Command's child abuse squad established Strike Force Wighton to investigate the infant's death.
Detectives arrested a 26-year-old man known to the child in Albury, on the NSW-Victoria border, on Friday morning.
He has been taken to Albury police station.
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