Police have charged a man and a woman with murder following investigations into the sudden death of an eight-year-old girl at a Rangeville home over the weekend.
Police were called to a residence about 5.30pm on Saturday, January 8, where the child was located deceased, Queensland Police said in a statement late last night.
“Following investigations led by detectives from the Toowoomba Child Protection and Investigation Unit, with support of the Child Trauma Unit and the Homicide Investigation Unit, a 50-year-old Rangeville man and a 46-year-old Rangeville woman were taken into custody.”
They have both been charged with one count each of murder, torture and failure to provide necessities of life.
“Both people were known to the child,” Police said.
The pair were denied police bail and will appear in Toowoomba Magistrates Court today.
