A mom of a child boy discovered lifeless beneath blankets in a motel room shared weird on-line posts previous to her arrest.
Benjamin Nicholas Houghton, 40, and Yue Ning Lieu, 42, will spend a minimum of seven months behind bars after police found the toddler’s physique throughout a welfare test on the Tollgate Motel in Glen Osmond in Adelaide‘s south on Saturday.
Police mentioned {that a} autopsy examination revealed the newborn boy was aged between six and 7 months outdated and had been ‘deceased for a time period’.
They added that the pair had been residing on the motel since they arrived in Adelaide earlier this yr and had not been involved with South Australian authorities previous to their arrests on Saturday.
Houghton and Lieu have been charged with legal neglect and with destroying human stays to pervert the course of justice.
Houghton was additionally charged with one depend of hindering police.
The couple appeared earlier than the Adelaide Magistrates Courtroom on Monday through a bedside listening to.
They didn’t apply for bail and have been remanded in custody till Might 3, 2027.
Benjamin Nicholas Houghton and Yue Ning Lieu (above) have been arrested on Saturday after a child boy’s physique was present in a motel room in Adelaide
Police discovered the deceased toddler throughout a welfare test at Tollgate Motel in Adelaide’s south on Saturday
Lieu shared a number of disturbing posts (one above) within the days main as much as her arrest
Lieu started sharing disturbing content material on her Fb and Instagram earlier this yr.
Simply three days earlier than her arrest on Saturday, Lieu shared a number of posts about unidentified folks making an attempt to spy on her.
‘Cease teleporting flies into my room,’ she wrote.
Later that very same day, Lieu posted concerning the ‘benefits’ of time journey and expressed concern about ‘gauss geared up’ vehicles driving previous and hitting her with ‘magnetic weapons’
She posted a number of occasions a day on Fb till her web page fell silent on Saturday morning, when police found her son’s physique beneath blankets within the motel room.
An Instagram account linked to Lieu’s weblog, Well being in Lieu, was inactive within the weeks main as much as her arrest however beforehand shared photographs of individuals she believed have been ‘spies’ and AI-generated horror movies.
One clip posted in March seemingly in contrast her co-accused, Houghton, to a monster and referred to as him the ‘spirit of hatred’.
The Every day Mail doesn’t recommend Lieu’s posts point out any wrongdoing by her or Houghton.
Houghton and Lieu (above) have been charged with legal neglect and destroy human stays to pervert the course of justice
Lieu wrote on Fb of unidentified folks making an attempt to spy on her and ‘guass (sic) geared up’ vehicles (above) driving close by
‘I used to be a healer desirous to share my presents with this world however immediately I’m a TI residing in a tent, sharing fact earlier than it turns into unlawful,’ one in all her social media profiles states.
In her weblog, Lieu claimed she was a Chinese language Conventional Drugs practitioner and ‘Chinese language/Vietnamese Bhuddist (sic)’.
Her final publish in April 2025 titled ‘Assist Me in My Struggle Towards Tyranny’ accused governments of utilizing ‘thoughts management’ to ‘enslave us’.
‘I battle on daily basis in ways in which you can’t comprehend (until you might have been in my sneakers),’ she wrote.
‘Our authorities is utilizing our cash for analysis and improvement in scientific endeavours to not make our lives higher, however to higher enslave us.
‘Their present focus is thoughts management, therefore their curiosity in quantum science, and the popping up of personal DNA labs is to not ‘clear up crime’.
‘Guess who the guinea pigs are? Folks like me. I resist and if you happen to assist me resist the tyranny of the communist authorities, you assist yourselves resist too.’
Police confirmed Houghton and Lieu beforehand lived in Victoria and NSW.
Benjamin Nicholas Houghton, 40, and Yue Ning Lieu, 42, have been arrested on the Tollgate Motel on Saturday
Lieu and her then two-year-old daughter have been reported missing in Sydney in Might 2021, sparking severe issues for his or her wellbeing.
Lieu attended a police station in Canberra eight days later and knowledgeable police that her daughter was staying at a relative’s house in Victoria.
SA Police declined to remark when contacted by the Every day Mail on Tuesday evening about Lieu’s daughter.
Specialist crime detectives have taken over the investigation into the newborn boy’s dying as a result of ‘nature and complexity of the incident’.
Police are looking for help from anybody who has stayed on the Tollgate Motel, and particularly anybody who has details about the occupants of room 4 to contact Crime Stoppers.
‘No additional remark will likely be made at this stage within the investigation,’ the assertion added.
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