Woman charged over infant death previously reported missing interstate

Woman charged over baby death previously reported missing interstate with another childTopic:PolicePosted Wed 14 Oct 2026 at 3:09pmWed 14 Oct 2026 at 3:09pmYue Ning Lieu (pictured) and Benjamin Nicholas Houghton have been charged with criminal neglect and concealing human remains. (Instagram)In short:A woman charged with criminal neglect and concealing human remains over the death of an infant had previously been reported missing in New South Wales with another child. Benjamin Nicholas Houghton, 40, and Yue Ning Lieu, 42, were arrested on Saturday when the baby boy was found at an Adelaide motel.The pair have been remanded in custody until next year.A mother charged over the alleged criminal neglect of a baby boy found dead inside a motel room in Adelaide had previously been reported missing in New South Wales five years ago with another child.Warning: Readers are advised this article contains content some may find distressing.Benjamin Nicholas Houghton and Yue Ning Lieu, also known as Linda Lieu, have been charged with criminal neglect and concealing human remains.Police attended the Tollgate Motel at Glen Osmond on Saturday for a welfare check and found the infant who they said had been deceased "for a period of time."Police had cordoned off a room at the Tollgate Motel. Picture taken 10 Oct 2026. (ABC News: Briana Fiore)Police said initial investigations showed the pair had been residing at the motel since arriving in South Australia from interstate at the beginning of the year and had not had contact with state authorities during that time. A post-mortem revealed the baby was aged six to seven months old, police said.The 40-year-old man and 42-year-old woman faced a bedside court hearing on Monday and have been remanded in custody until May next year.In 2021, NSW Police appealed for public assistance to locate then-36-year-old Linda Lieu and her two-year-old daughter who had been reported missing from Sydney's south.Police had said they held grave concerns for the welfare of the pair, who had been reported missing in May after they were last seen at a family member's house on Truman Avenue in Riverwood.Police allege Yue Ning Lieu (pictured) and Benjamin Nicholas Houghton had been residing at the Tollgate Motel. (Instagram)Police said it was believed Linda also frequented other areas around Sydney and the Bairnsdale region of Victoria.NSW Police and Victoria Police have declined to comment on the missing person matter today.Consumer and Business Services, which oversees SA's Births, Deaths and Marriages registry, has also declined to comment. In a blog run by Ms Lieu, she describes herself as a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner living and working in Sydney.The police investigation continues.