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The Economic Times
The Economic Times
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Divyadeep Singh

South Australia mother went to police station a day before she and her daughter were found dead; cops launch murder-suicide probe

A chilling case has emerged in South Australia, where a mother who died in a suspected murder-suicide visited a police station a day before the incident, according to South Australia Police. The bodies of 36-year-old Helena Wright and her 23-month-old daughter were found in the ocean west of Port MacDonnell on Monday (July 27, 2026).

Wright, 36, visited the Mount Gambier Police Station on Sunday, July 26, where she "spoke with police," authorities confirmed on Wednesday (July 29, 2026), according to The Guardian. On Wednesday, police said they had ended the official search for a missing three-month-old after “careful consideration”, saying the infant “could not have survived the period of time that has elapsed, either in the water or on land,” as quoted by The Guardian.

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