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Woman charged after girls found dead in car near Brisbane | |
(about 4 hours later) | |
Sisters aged one and two allegedly left for hours in high temperatures | |
A woman has been charged with murder over the death of two toddlers who were allegedly left for hours in a car near Brisbane. | |
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. | |
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. | |
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. | |
The Courier-Mail reports that the woman is the children’s mother. | |
“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 are speaking to the parents of those children. It’s a very tragic incident which has occurred.” | |
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. |