Doctors immediately discovered that the infants had serious brain injuries. Both had suffered skull fractures from blunt force trauma, and Cris had a broken femur. An orthopaedic specialist told "The Sunday Star-Times" that in order to break the femur of a baby, the bone would have to be deliberately bent at a 90-degree angle, ruling out an accidental cause of the injury. After the infants were transferred to Starship Children's Hospital, hospital staff notified the police. CYF removed Shane and their female cousin Cayenne, aged six months, from two rented Housing New Zealand homes – one in Clendon and the other in Mangere — where Cris and Cru had lived. Police said they were treated in hospital for injuries resulting from "neglect", showing signs of malnourishment and poor hygiene. According to the "Herald on Sunday" newspaper, the two children were to be returned to the family in September 2006, but neither the parents nor members of Kahui's family who persistently refused to cooperate with police would be their caregivers.