Katherine resident Jason Fuller says he heard the family arguing, saw the police arrive, and heard the mother being arrested.(ABC News: Michael Donnelly)
The ABC understands police were called to the unit, in Katherine East, after reports of quarrelling and arrested the baby's 21-year-old mother.
They left the woman's two children, a five-month-old baby and a five-year-old girl, in the house with their father and grandfather who had been drinking.
"She was saying: 'I need my baby, I want my little girl' she was begging the cops, wanted to get back to her child," Jason Fuller said.
"And the cops refused and told her: 'look, it's five o'clock in the morning now — you have to wait for a couple of hours and then you come back and get your baby'."
Mr Fuller said the 21-year-old was then taken to the watch house.
The five-month-old baby girl died on Sunday morning while her mother was in police custody……
Tragic story on so many levels.
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