Queensland woman charged with murder of 3-year-old daughter near Bundaberg

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A Queensland mother is behind bars accused of stabbing her toddler to death at a home near Bundaberg. The Moore Park beach property remains a crime scene as police continue to investigate the girl's murder.

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00:00A sleepy Bundaberg suburb, now the location of a chilling murder.

00:07It was a horrific scene. It's a terrible, terrible incident for everybody.

00:10Police were called to the Moorpark Beach home just before 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon

00:15and found the three-year-old, lifeless, in the front yard.

00:19There were multiple wounds to the child's body, that's all I'm prepared to say.

00:23Neighbours heard screaming and ran to help, raising the alarm with police.

00:28We did respond to multiple AAA calls from the community,

00:31which included the neighbours who were involved and did witness sleep.

00:36Those neighbours are still in shock.

00:38Well, I haven't slept till the night. Me wife's been crying.

00:42Nah, I think good.

00:46Her mother, 32-year-old Lauren Flanagan, was arrested at the property and charged with murder.

00:52It's understood the parents were separated and the father wasn't at the home.

00:57It remains a crime scene with growing tributes for the little girl.

01:01Ms Flanagan's case was briefly mentioned in the Bundaberg Magistrates Court today

01:06where she was remanded in custody.

01:08Police say the circumstances leading up to the toddler's death are still being investigated.

01:14There are numerous witnesses from the neighbours that we're currently speaking to,

01:19just to try and piece together what has happened, but it is only early days.

01:24There are avenues that we can do from the public to the families on the long side of the street.

01:27This show is the new approach to the niños, meaning the parents are being realised.

01:32They're both of the teachers.

01:33They may be taken away from thishöver and they say they've taken away from the medical side of the road.

01:34They have to get away from this as a result.

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