Arrest Made In Baby Hutchinson Case

AT 7:30 am today police arrested a 43 year old female at her home in Evans Head and is expected to be charged with murder later today in Lismore court.

Missing Toddler Leonie Hutchinson- Picture supplied by NSW Police Media

She has been arrested in relation to the disappearance of Leonie Astra Hutchinson who was believed to be 16 months old when she went missing from her home in Scone around January 2001.

Detectives from Strike Force Kanuna have been investigating the disappearance since the baby was reported missing in 2004, including detectives from Hunter Valley Local Area Command and the State crime command’s homicide squad.

There has also been a coronial inquest into her whereabouts.

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