Man to face court charged with murder of young girl, 4, at Brisbane house
A 43-year-old man has spent the night in police custody and will face a Brisbane court charged with the murder of a four-year-old girl, following the discovery of her body at a house in Brisbane’s Cannon Hill yesterday morning.
Police were still at the Cannon Hill house on Monday night. (Photo: Array)
Officers attending an emergency call yesterday morning discovered the body of a four-year-old girl at a house at Bent Street in Cannon Hill.
Police said the child died before emergency crews arrived at the scene.
A crime scene was established and police also cordoned off access to the street.
Officers spent several hours door-knocking neighbours’ homes in an attempt to find out how the girl had died.
Detectives and forensic officers remained at the house into the night.
Late last night, police announced they had taken a man into custody.
At this stage, neither the man’s relationship with the girl nor the cause of her death have been revealed.
Police are continuing to investigate and have appealed for anybody with knowledge of the circumstances leading to the girl’s sudden death to come forward.
The man will appear in Brisbane Magistrates Court later this morning.
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