A man has been charged with murder and rape following the death of a baby in Newcastle.
Paramedics attended an address in Hamilton South, north of Sydney, about 10.40am on Tuesday August 4, after a three-month old girl was discovered unresponsive at the scene.
The infant was then rushed to John Hunter Hospital where she later died.
NSW Police charged a 24-year-old man with murder and sexual intercourse with a child under age of 10 years on Wednesday (stock image)
Officers from the Newcastle City Police District then established a homicide investigation in October in a bid to investigate the circumstances behind the infant’s death.