Rescue teams are searching for a missing baby after the death of a mother and toddler in South Australia. Photograph: Aaron Bunch/AAPRescue teams are searching for a missing baby after the death of a mother and toddler in South Australia. Photograph: Aaron Bunch/AAPBaby missing after mother and toddler found dead off coast of South AustraliaEmergency services pulled the bodies from the ocean at Port Macdonnell amid ‘grave concerns’ for second child
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A baby is missing off the coast of South Australia after the bodies of a mother and her toddler were pulled from the ocean.
Emergency services were called to the state’s southernmost coastal town, Port Macdonnell, at about 11.15am on Monday after a car was found with its engine running.
Sign up for the Breaking News Australia emailOfficers launched a search and found two bodies in the ocean a short time later.
They have been identified as a 36-year-old woman from Compton, near Mount Gambier, and her toddler.
Crews are searching for a missing infant.
“Police have grave concerns for the child’s safety,” a South Australia police spokesperson said.
Detectives and forensic specialists are travelling to the scene.
Police are urging anyone who may have seen a white Isuzu MUX, registration S592BJR, to contact Crime Stoppers.
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