The two local nippers were reportedly playing in the sand on Sunday morning when they found the badly decomposed body of a naked infant 30 centimetres below the sand.
Police were called to the beach just after 10am and established a crime scene with specialist forensic officers inspecting the find but due to the state of decomposition they could not determine the gender or age of the remains or how long they had been there.
Eastern Beaches Inspector Andrew Holland told reporters at a press conference that the depth and position which the baby’s body was found indicated the remains had been deliberately buried.
Police are urging the parents of the deceased child to come forward and have expressed particular concerns about the wellbeing of the child’s mother.
Investigators have contacted hospitals to try and track down any details of babies in the area that have not been accounted for. Police said a post mortem examination will be conducted to establish the cause of the child’s death.
The father of the two boys who found the baby’s body tried to relieve the children by saying they had found the body of a dead dog. Inspector Holland said that the children were receiving counselling.
The grisly beach discovery comes just a week after a group of cyclists rescued a baby from a roadside drain in Sydney’s west where the infant had been abandoned for six days.
That child’s mother came forward to police and was charged with attempted murder.
Anyone with information is urged to call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or use the Crime Stoppers online reporting page.
