BUKIT MERTAJAM: A 52-year-old woman has been detained by the police over the death of an 18-month-old baby under her care in Taman Seri Juru. Central Seberang Prai OCPD Asst Comm Shafee Abd Samad said the woman was arrested at about 10pm on Tuesday at her house following a report lodged by the Seberang Jaya Hospital on the baby’s death. “Checks found that the incident happened in the toilet on the ground floor of a double-storey house. The baby was the woman’s grandniece. “The woman has been taking care of the child for the past month from 10am to 6pm, Mondays to Fridays, ” he said yesterday.