Baby and two adults found dead at property near Alice Springs

Tom Flanagan
·Associate News Editor
·1-min read

The bodies of two adults and a baby have been discovered at a property in the Northern Territory.

Police responded to a critical incident about 25 kilometres north of Alice Springs on Sunday afternoon.

The bodies were found at a property 25km north of Alice Springs. Source: Getty, file.
The bodies were found at a property 25km north of Alice Springs. Source: Getty, file.

"Police received a report at around 2.30pm that the bodies of two adults and an infant had been found at the location," Northern Territory Police said in a statement on Sunday evening.

A crime scene has been declared and Regional Crime is investigating the deaths.

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