Surfers Paradise beach baby death: Baby girl died in NSW, say police as they seek to extradite man to NSW from Gold Coast

Shocking new details have emerged as police investigate the death of a nine-month-old baby girl whose body was found washed up on a Surfers Paradise beach.

THE father of a baby girl found dead on a Gold Coast beach thought she was “possessed by demons”, police sources believe.

Police will also allege the nine-month-old baby girldied in NSW and drifted north to the Gold Coast.

Queensland Police said late last night NSW Police had taken over the investigation “as it has been established the death occurred in NSW” and will seek to extradite a 48-year-old man from Queensland.

Police divers looking for evidence at Jack Evans boat harbour. (AAP image, John Gass)

The baby’s body was found in the early hours of Monday.

Police will allege the baby died in NSW in the “days leading up” to her tiny body washing up on the Gold Coast.

It is not clear if or where the baby was put in the water.

Police this week questioned her father and mother, 23, who is believed to be of European descent. No charges had been laid last night.

The former Gold Coast home of the nine-month-old baby girl found dead in the surf at Surfers Paradise.

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Tweed Byron Police District Superintendent Wayne Starling this morning confirmed that homicide detectives from New South Wales will lead the investigation into the death of the girl.

“One of our lines of investigation is that it’s a possibility it occurred in the vicinity of the Jack Evans Boat Harbour,” he said.

Police divers yesterday scoured the harbour for evidence related to the young girl’s death.

Supt Starling declined to confirm if the divers found anything or what they were searching for.

The harbour neighbours a park the family visited each day in recent months.

Police are also searching the area around the harbour and calling for any witnesses to come forward.

The girl’s father is expected to appear in Southport Magistrates Court today where NSW police are applying to have him extradited to NSW.

Jessica Nobbs leaves a messages for the little baby. (AAP image, John Gass)

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Gold Coast Surf Lifesaving co-ordinator Nathan Fyfe said it was “definitely possible” for an object to drift from Tweeds Heads to Surfers Paradise. “There were strong south-easterlies on Sunday night,” he said.

Regular users of the Tweed Heads park yesterday said they last spotted the family on Saturday morning.

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The family moved from town to town, rarely staying in one place long and had recently been as far south as Byron Bay. In recent months, they had started visiting Jack Evans Boat Harbour taking advantage of the picnic tables, available shade and calm water.

Homeless man Brendan Thompson said the family had been coming to the park every day.

“They kept to themselves,” Mr Thompson said. “They have been coming here for a few months. Last year they rocked up.”

A mourner looks at the tributes left for the deceased baby girl. (AAP image, John Gass)

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At night they would disappear to sleep elsewhere.

The small family were known to keep to themselves, not talking to many of the other homeless people who call the park their home.

“She was very quiet,” Kirsty Davis said.

Mr Thompson described the father as “controlling” but also a “tall, lanky” man.

The family had been spotted with a black van and a few possessions such as a baby stroller and a couple of bags.

Big Trev, who operates Big Trev’s Watersports, also said he saw the family regularly.

“When you saw them you would go look at how beautiful those babies are,” he said.

The baby girl and her brother were described as happy and healthy.

Homeless services in Surfers Paradise had not seen the family since October last year.