Thessaloniki, Jan 2 (AP) A woman has been arrested in northern Greece after her 11-month-old daughter was found dead in an irrigation dam, police said Monday.

The 29-year-old suspect, whose name wasn't provided by authorities, is due to appear before a public prosecutor later Monday to face murder charges. Police rescuers found the baby's body in the Aliakmonas Dam, about 500 kilometres (310 miles) north of Athens.

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Police said the suspect had received psychiatric treatment at a public hospital in the past and that the girl's disappearance had been reported by relatives.

The woman, who lives with her mother and grandfather in a village near the northern city of Veroia, was last seen with her child on New Year's Eve and left the home after ordering a taxi.

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She told police during questioning that she had left her daughter at the viewing area of the dam, 18 kilometres (11 miles) from her home, authorities said. (AP)

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