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IN PHOTO: A rose is laid on a headstone for one of the babies buried at All Saints Cemetery by non-profit organization Rest in His Arms in Des Plaines, Illinois, United States, June 19, 2015. More than a year after a baby boy was found dead in a plastic shopping bag on a Chicago sidewalk, he was laid to rest in a tiny white casket covered with blue and white flowers. Rest in His Arms, an Illinois charity set up 10 years ago, has provided funerals for 25 children, mostly infants, abandoned or otherwise victims of crimes. Susan Walker, 46, started the group after a dead baby was discovered at a recycling plant in the northern suburbs. His parents were never found. Some 150 strangers turned up to the first funeral. If a baby is nameless, volunteers provide one - the boy at the Chicago service, whose teenage mother has been charged with murder, was Angel Antonio. Often neighbours come to pay their respects to the infant, as do first responders - at times, entire police departments attend the final farewell to an unknown child. REUTERS/Jim Young

A 37-year-old woman charged with the murder of a 5-months-old girl in the city of Geraldton, has been remanded in custody after facing a West Australian Court, the ABC news reported. The woman, named Tamara Louise Thompson is due to appear in court again for a second time on Tuesday.

While investigating the disappearance of a child, investigators came across evidence that point toward the 37-year-old woman, reportedly guilty of murdering the child. She has been arrested and produced in court on Tuesday. Investigators further revealed that the woman was somehow related to the slain child but they are not sure whether she is the child’s mother.

The ABC news reported that the court was told a psychiatric nurse had determined the 37-year-old did not require a hospital order, and would remain in custody in Greenough Prison until the matter returns to court next week. Ms. Thompson appeared before court barefoot and was not required to enter a plea. She seemed distressed during the initial court proceedings which made her lawyer request a psychiatric assessment for her.

Forensic officers are still investigating the woman’s house in Waggrakine located in the northern Geraldton suburb, in a bid to find more clue on the incident. The property was kept guarded from trespassers, to allow the forensic officers to carry on with their investigations and examine the area, for more leads. The place was being monitored by the detectives since last Saturday.

After the child went missing for weeks it raised alarms among the neighbours and the local police started looking for the baby girl but was unable to find a trace of her. After information was received by WA police on Tuesday afternoon and they conducted a welfare check last Saturday at the Waggrakine home. Police believes that the remains that were found on Monday, at the house, are believed to be of the child.

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