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Two children found dead 'from heat' in car at Logan, south of Brisbane Woman charged after girls found dead in car near Brisbane
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Girls aged one and two are discovered in ‘very tragic incident’ in Waterford West Sisters aged one and two allegedly left for hours in high temperatures
Two girls aged one and two have been found dead in a car south of Brisbane. A woman has been charged with murder over the death of two toddlers who were allegedly left for hours in a car near Brisbane.
Police and paramedics were called to a home on Logan Reserve Road in Waterford West at about 1.35pm on Saturday, where the children were found inside the car. Paramedics were called to a home at Waterford West in Logan at about 1.35pm on Saturday but were unable to revive the girls, aged one and two.
“Unfortunately, they were both declared deceased at the scene,” DI Mark White told reporters. “The children exhibited evidence of being exposed to extreme heat,” he added. Police said it appeared the sisters had died of exposure to extreme heat. They were attempting to establish how long they had been in a black station wagon parked in the front of the property.
Police arrived a short time later and a crime scene was declared around the vehicle, which was parked in the driveway at the front of the property. A 27-year-old Waterford West woman known to the girls was charged late on Saturday with two counts of murder, police said. She will appear at Brisbane magistrates’ court on Monday.
“We are speaking with the parents of those children,” White said. “It’s a very, very tragic incident that has occurred.” The Courier-Mail reports that the woman is the children’s mother.
Forensic officers are working to confirm the cause of the deaths. Police said the investigation was in its early stages and they were trying to piece together how long the girls had been in the car and how they came to be there. “As a normal course we are speaking with the parents,” White said. “The two children exhibited signs of being exposed to extreme heat and that is forming the direction of our investigation,” DI Mark White said on Saturday.
“We’ll be speaking to quite a number of people. Because the purpose of this is to find out what has taken place.” “We are speaking to the parents of those children. It’s a very tragic incident which has occurred.”
Queensland police was mindful of the impact on its officers and other emergency services who respond to such tragic and disturbing incidents. “We are putting a lot of emphasis on supporting our people,” White said. Police said they were offering support to officers who attended the scene. “We are putting a lot of emphasis on supporting our people,” White said.