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Abe Maddison

Child Protection failed baby boy, coroner finds

Police found putrid living conditions at the house were a baby died in 2018. (Supplied by Coroners Court of South Australia/AAP PHOTOS)

The death of an 11-week-old boy in a squalid home could have been prevented if the Department for Child Protection had acted on multiple reports he and his siblings were at risk, the SA coroner has found.

Delivering findings on the death of the infant known under the pseudonym "Caleb Evans" in 2018, State Coroner David Whittle said the cause of his death was "'unascertained, in an unsafe sleeping environment on a background of respiratory tract infection".

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