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Mother charged with murder of 10-year-old daughter on the Gold Coast
ABC NEWS (Australia)
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8/14/2024
Police have charged a mother with the murder of her 10-year-old daughter on the Gold Coast. Emergency services were called to a property at Emerald Lakes yesterday, where the child was found unresponsive and declared dead at the scene.
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A 46-year-old woman has been charged with the murder of her 10-year-old daughter after
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Sophie Wang was found dead at her Gold Coast home.
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Police say Sophie's father found Sophie and called triple zero emergency services, then
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got to the scene at around 6pm and found Sophie unresponsive.
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She was then pronounced dead.
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Police have told us that this was one of the most horrific scenes they've ever attended
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to.
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The scene was incredibly confronting and our attending members both QPS and paramedics
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will be receiving the necessary support.
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In my 15-year career as a detective it's one of the most confronting scenes I've seen.
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We understand that this is going to cause distress amongst the community but can I please
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remind the community that there is no one outstanding and there is no ongoing community
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safety concern at this time.
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At about 10.25pm Yingying Zhu was located nearby and police arrested her just this morning.
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She was charged with murder and she's faced the Southport Magistrates Court today.
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And what happened in court today Julia?
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Ros, Yingying Zhu didn't appear personally in court but her matter was briefly mentioned
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and she'll reappear in November.
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And this would be a huge shock to the local community.
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It's been described as tragic Ros, Sophie was a student at nearby Emanuel College in
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Carrara.
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They put out a statement today saying that they've been devastated by the tragic passing
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of one of their beloved students and they're providing support to staff, students and families.
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In a past newsletter, a school newsletter, Sophie was described as an avid reader.
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She got awards for all her reading skills so it's just a really tragic time.
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