Police have charged a 28-year-old woman with the murder of a baby, who was found dead inside a home in Perth’s southern suburbs on Thursday morning.

The eight-month-old was discovered dead at the house on Winpara Way in Baldivis.

Police at the scene. Credit: Holly Edwards-Smith

Police said they were called to the house along with St John Ambulance, but the baby had already died.

“Inquiries into the circumstances surrounding the child’s death are being undertaken,” a WA police spokesperson said.

The woman, believed to be the baby’s mother, was taken to Rockingham Hospital for treatment from the scene, and was then transferred to Fiona Stanley Hospital in a stable condition.

She will appear before the Rockingham Magistrates Court on Friday, after being officially charged by Homicid

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