Police found no evidence man spent time with baby before it was found dead in freezer, inquest hears

The mother of baby identified only as ‘KP’ claimed a man she had met years earlier told her he would look after the three-month-old in the days before the baby was found dead

New South Wales police found no evidence proving the existence of a man who a mother claimed was with her baby before it was found dead inside a freezer, an inquest has heard.

The deputy state coroner, Kasey Pearce, has been investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a three-month-old baby, identified only as “KP”, who was found by police in a home in Corowa, on the NSW-Victoria border, on 19 January 2022.