A mother charged with the murder of her four-year-old daughter was the one who called police to her home near Ipswich last night.
Emergency services were called to a house in Lowood, around 66km west of Brisbane after 11pm, where they found the child unresponsive.
There were two other children in the house at the time; both were under the age of three, and the 31-year-old woman in the house was also their mother.
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Despite attempts from paramedics and police to revive the four-year-old, she was declared dead at the scene.
The other two children were not injured, and are now in the care of family members, Detective Inspector Michael Manago said.
He also confirmed the mother was the only adult home at the time of the alleged murder, with all three children having different fathers, according to initial investigations.
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“It would have been a confronting scene,” he said.
“This is an incredibly tragic situation… even more tragic given the presence of other young children.”
A man was reportedly seen distressed outside the home, and Manago speculated it could have been the father of one of the other children, not of the four-year-old who died.
A cause of death is currently not clear, with police still in the early stages of investigating exactly what happened.
Police said they were speaking to a 31-year-old woman who is known to all three children, and she has now been charged with one count of murder domestic violence against a child.
She will appear in Ipswich Magistrates’ Court this afternoon.
A crime scene has been declared, with police continuing their investigations.
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