Disturbing social media posts linked to the parents of a baby boy whose body lay undiscovered for months in a fly-infested motel room have revealed apparent fixations with Satanism, missing children and alleged conspiracies.
Yue Ning Lieu, 42, also known as Linda Lieu, and her partner, Benjamin Nicholas Houghton, 40, were arrested on Saturday after police found the infant’s decomposing remains at the Tollgate Motel in Glen Osmond, Adelaide.
The couple has been charged with criminal neglect and concealing human remains. The baby was reportedly discovered beneath blankets, while incense was allegedly burning nearby in an apparent attempt to mask the odour.
Houghton is also facing a separate charge of hindering police.
The pair had been staying at the budget accommodation after moving to South Australia from interstate early this year. Police said they had no contact with state authorities during their time there.
In the weeks leading up to the discovery, Lieu posted online as many as 20 times a day, writing about aliens, mind control and forces she believed were directing their attention towards her.
Houghton, meanwhile, had a lengthy record of unsettling posts made under the username Benjamin.Houghton666, with numerous references to the Devil.
In several posts, he claimed secret agents were taking children. Elsewhere, he described himself as the “Dark Lord” and wrote: “Hail Satan.”
Yue Ning Lieu, 42, also known as Linda Lieu, was arrested on Saturday after police found her infant son’s decomposing body during a welfare check
The couple had been staying at the Tollgate Motel in Adelaide’s southern suburbs
The baby’s father had a long history of sharing disturbing material on social media
One post cited passages from the Book of Revelation about Satan and displayed images of celebrities and politicians before asking: “Figured out who Satan’s people are yet?”
The same upload included graphic footage of dogs being butchered, accompanied by a soundtrack of screams, squeals and grunts.
In one of his final posts, Houghton shared a video claiming that 11 children had been reported missing in North Dakota within a 17-day period.
The video showed photographs of three children said to be missing, set to music from the ABC children’s programme Play School.
As the children’s faces appeared, the lyrics played: “I’m so hungry, so hungry, very, very hungry, I want something I can munch.”
Other posts focused on claims that he was under surveillance, that his electronic devices had been compromised and that unidentified people were monitoring him.
Houghton referred to Lieu as his wife, although neither appeared to have posted photographs of them together, her pregnancy or the birth of their son online.
In another post, Houghton appeared to allude to tensions with his family, writing that he had been “born in the wrong family”.
Benjamin Nicholas Houghton and Yue Ning Lieu were arrested on Saturday after a baby boy’s body was discovered inside an Adelaide motel room
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Benjamin Nicholas Houghton, 40, and Yue Ning Lieu, 42, were arrested at the Tollgate Motel on Saturday
Among his final posts was a disturbing video alleging 11 children had been reported missing in North Dakota in the US over just 17 days
His wife also regularly uploaded photographs of herself appealing for cash donations to continue producing her online content of increasingly bizarre conspiracy theories.
On Tuesday the Daily Mail revealed that Lieu had previously disappeared with another young child, prompting a police investigation amid fears for their welfare.
Five years earlier, the then 36-year-old disappeared with her two-year-old daughter triggering a police investigation.
The pair were last seen by family at a home in Riverwood, in Sydney’s south, on May 11, 2021, before worried relatives reported them missing to Campsie Police three days later.
Police issued a public appeal for information urging anyone who had seen them to come forward.
Then, eight days after she disappeared, almost 300km away Lieu walked alone into a Canberra police station.
Following further inquiries, officers eventually tracked down her daughter at a relative’s home in Victoria.
It remains unclear why Lieu disappeared with the toddler or what circumstances prompted her family to raise the alarm.
It remains unclear why Lieu disappeared with the toddler or what circumstances prompted her family to raise the alarm
The Daily Mail has confirmed the daughter, now seven, was not at the motel when police found the remains of her baby brother and had not traveled to South Australia with her mother.
Lieu, who describes herself online as a registered traditional Chinese medicine practitioner, also operated a blog called Health in Lieu, where she published lengthy posts about government surveillance and mind control.
‘I am not here to be politically correct. I’m unapologetically Australian,’ Lieu wrote.
‘I’m blunt, and I’m direct. I also hold very strong opinions, I didn’t give up my life in the corporate world to hide behind another ‘professional’ façade. So if you can handle that, please read on.’
Her last post in April 2025 titled ‘Help Me in My Fight Against Tyranny’ accused governments of using ‘mind control’ to ‘enslave us’.
The couple appeared before the Adelaide Magistrates Court on Monday via a bedside hearing while they undergo medical treatment following their arrest.
They did not apply for bail and were remanded in custody until May 3, 2027.
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