Two toddlers found dead in Queensland

[Couldbe]

Police are investigating the deaths of two young boys in a remote community.

Two toddlers found dead in Queensland

Police are investigating the deaths of two young boys at a remote community in central Queensland.

www.brisbanetimes.com.au

 

[Couldbe]

Police are investigating the deaths of two young boys at a remote Indigenous community in central Queensland.
The boys, aged two and three, were found in cars in Woorabinda, about 520 kilometres north-west of Brisbane, on Friday night.

“Initial investigations indicate a two-year-old boy was located in a parked vehicle on Richardson Street before being presented to Woorabinda Hospital around 7.48pm, where he was pronounced deceased,” police said in a statement.
“Around 9.15pm, police have attended the address and located a three-year-old boy in a car. The child was taken to hospital, where he was also pronounced deceased.”

Police said a crime scene had been declared as detectives worked to determine what had happened to the toddlers.
Central Region Crime Coordinator Darrin Shadlow was expected to provide an update later on Saturday.

Two toddlers found dead in Queensland

Police are investigating the deaths of two young boys at a remote community in central Queensland.

www.brisbanetimes.com.au

 

[JennieM]

Two toddlers dead after allegedly being found separately inside parked cars in Queensland​

Police say two-year-old was pronounced dead in hospital before another boy was found at the same Woorabinda address south-west of Rockhampton

[…]

Queensland police said they were investigating “the sudden deaths” of the two boys, aged two and three, after they were discovered in Woorabinda on Friday night.

Police said the two-year-old boy was found in a vehicle parked on a street in the town of about 1,000 residents.

He was taken to the Woorabinda hospital just before 8pm (AEST), where he was pronounced dead, authorities said.

Police said they attended the address where the two-year-old was found at 9:15pm and found a three-year-old boy in a car.

“The child was taken to hospital, where he also was pronounced deceased,” police said in a statement.

Police were expected to provide more information later on Saturday.

The Indigenous community is located about 170km south-west of Rockhampton.

Woorabinda deaths: two toddlers dead after being found hours apart in same car in central Queensland

Police say two-year-old was pronounced dead in hospital before another boy was found at the same address, south-west of Rockhampton

www.theguardian.com

 

[JennieM]

It is believed both children were found in the same vehicle, but the relationship between the boys is not clear at this stage.

[…]

Police will hold a media conference about 12pm AEST on Saturday.

Anyone with information can contact Policelink, or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or online.

'Tragic accident': More details emerge after two toddlers found dead inside car

Police have revealed more information about the sudden deaths of two young boys, after the toddlers were found dead inside a car in central Queensland on Friday night.

www.skynews.com.au

 

[Ellery84]

Two toddlers dead after allegedly being found separately inside parked cars in Queensland​

Police say two-year-old was pronounced dead in hospital before another boy was found at the same Woorabinda address south-west of Rockhampton

[…]

Queensland police said they were investigating “the sudden deaths” of the two boys, aged two and three, after they were discovered in Woorabinda on Friday night.

Police said the two-year-old boy was found in a vehicle parked on a street in the town of about 1,000 residents.

He was taken to the Woorabinda hospital just before 8pm (AEST), where he was pronounced dead, authorities said.

Police said they attended the address where the two-year-old was found at 9:15pm and found a three-year-old boy in a car.

“The child was taken to hospital, where he also was pronounced deceased,” police said in a statement.

Police were expected to provide more information later on Saturday.

The Indigenous community is located about 170km south-west of Rockhampton.

Woorabinda deaths: two toddlers dead after being found hours apart in same car in central Queensland

Police say two-year-old was pronounced dead in hospital before another boy was found at the same address, south-west of Rockhampton

www.theguardian.com

Oh my goodness.

Two toddlers.

Two cars?

Found separately, but at the same address. Allegedly.

This is absolutely, horrific @Couldbe . Thank you for starting this thread.

 

[LadyL]

poor babies

 

[JennieM]

The Aboriginal Shire of Woorabinda is located about 170km south-west of Rockhampton in central Queensland. Picture: Google Maps

'Tragic accident': More details emerge after two toddlers found dead inside car

Police have revealed more information about the sudden deaths of two young boys, after the toddlers were found dead inside a car in central Queensland on Friday night.

www.skynews.com.au

 

[Ellery84]

“Heart aches for the whole community Woorabinda this is too sad waking up look straight on Facebook seeing all this,” one local wrote.
https://www.news.com.au/national/qu...y/news-story/fc0f21cf829a4ea4adfaa8edfed440a1

 

[JennieM]

Two young boys were found dead inside a car in the backyard of their family home.

The two-year-old boy was discovered unconscious and not breathing on the backseat of the car by family members and was rushed to the Woorabinda Hospital at 7.48pm.

Paramedics met the boy and a rescue helicopter was on standby but they were unable to resuscitate him and he was declared dead.

When Queensland Police officers attended the property and inspected the car at about 9.15pm, they found the three-year-old boy lying in the rear footwell.

'He wasn't seen by the residents when they located the first child,' Central Region Crime Coordinator Darrin Shadlow said.

Mr Shadlow confirmed the boys were related but not siblings during a press conference on Saturday.

Mr Shadlow said their cause of death has not yet been confirmed.

'At this stage we're still conducting investigations, they hadn't travelled in that vehicle - it was in the rear yard of the residence,' he said.

'It appears that it's a tragic accident where the children have, somehow, gotten into the vehicle and had been there for some time.

'... Early investigations do indicate it was heat related.'

Mr Shadlow said the car was an unused vehicle which sat in the family's backyard.

It's electric systems, including the windows, did not work.

[…]

Two toddlers are found dead inside a car in an Indigenous community

Two young boys were found dead inside a car in the backyard of their family home.

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[Couldbe]

“Two young boys found dead inside a car in the backyard of a family home have been described by police as the victims of a 'tragic accident'.”

Two toddlers are found dead inside a car in an Indigenous community

 

[Ellery84]

One child was located deceased in a car on a property and they [Qld police] reported then finding the child’s young relative also decreased in the car hours later.

Sky News:

'Tragic accident': More details emerge after two toddlers found dead inside car

Police have revealed more information about the sudden deaths of two young boys, after the toddlers were found dead inside a car in central Queensland on Friday night.

www.skynews.com.au

The first child was found in the vehicle on the property at approximately 6:30pm, the second child was found at 9:15pm by police in the same car on the same day, at the same property.

Did the police not search the car the first time?

QldPOL:

https://www.facebook.com/100064525851110/posts/pfbid02Wyf6rCTvGo5jXet5t1fnSLdCL2gU5SdDzGa1ZJb6AcW9W7vgZ7QgB4sha45dxtfol

I’ve referenced this podcast, Dying Rose, because the reporters go out to aboriginal communities around Australia and look at the way police investigate those deaths.

This tragic situation in Woorabinda made me instantly think of Dying Rose.

Charlene Warrior

Podcast Episode · Dying Rose · S1 E1 · 40m

podcasts.apple.com

I hope that the public can keep the pressure on for these tragic deaths to be fully investigated.

My heart goes out to all of the families in Woorabinda today, and to the paramedics who had to witness these scenes.

 

[Ellery84]

Central Queensland News published this update from Queensland Police:

https://fb.watch/oeWeT-4RNp/?mibextid=cr9u03

Listening to this police update: It infers civilians found the 2 year old child and took them to the hospital themselves, without calling 000.

Then the hospital staff alerted police who then visited the property and the car around 9.15pm.

All imo

The first male child found was allegedly 2 years of age, with the second male child found was 3 years of age.

Afaik
Moo

 

[Ellery84]

https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/two-boys-found-dead-in-car-and-home-in-woorabinda-west-of-rockhampton/news-story/8cb9af31eee81a541896976612d6a470

Images of the property in question, street number 143 (street name unknown), the Woorabinda multi purpose health centre, and the Woorabinda police station, credit: Courier Mail.

Edit Additional information: The property looks to be 143 Cressbook St

https://www.news.com.au/national/queensland/news/two-boys-found-dead-in-remote-queensland-community/news-story/fc0f21cf829a4ea4adfaa8edfed440a1?am

Google map image of Cressbook St courtesy of News.com

 

[dbcooper63]

it sounds like maybe just maybe, not having info, they got into something poisonous and were just playing in the car(s). I may be way off base.Those poor angels.

 

[Ellery84]

it sounds like maybe just maybe, not having info, they got into something poisonous and were just playing in the car(s). I may be way off base.Those poor angels.

The car was apparently an unused vehicle that was just situated somewhere on the property.

Such vehicles are commonly found on property in the bush.

It wasn’t a car that had been recently driven, or driven to the property that day etc., I suppose some of this detail will feature in the ensuing investigation.

AFAIK

Moo

 

[dalsglen]

How do you lose a 2 and 3 year old long enough for them to die in a car? Where were their parents/carers?

 

[Ellery84]

Two young boys have been found dead inside a car in a remote community in Queensland in what authorities are saying appears to be a “tragic accident”.

Queensland Police confirmed they are investigating the “sudden deaths” of two young children following an incident at a property in Woorabinda on Friday night.



https://www.news.com.au/national/qu...ws-story/fc0f21cf829a4ea4adfaa8edfed440a1?amp



BBM

What was the incident that preceded the boys being found?

 

[Ellery84]

How long did it take police to cordon-off this crime scene after the first child arrived at the local hospital, presumably deceased?

Imo

 

[Ellery84]

Specialist officers from the Crime and Intelligence Command – including detectives from the Child Trauma Unit – have joined the investigation centre at a Rockhampton police station in the Capricornia district.

“Police are continuing to prepare a report for the coroner following the deaths of two children at Woorabinda last Friday, November 10,” a Queensland Police spokesman said.

“The investigation is being aided by Detectives from the Child Trauma Unit and members from the Crime and Intelligence Command.

BBM

https://www.news.com.au/national/qu...ws-story/cbeaeea24af1098460640dc5c25e7e4c?amp

The Queensland Police Service Crime and Intelligence Command provides a professional and holistic response to crime within Queensland.

The Command has a workforce which is represented by plain-clothes officers and qualified staff members who provide specialist skills, advice and assistance.

The Command supports regions through the provision of investigative resources, research findings and professional legal, financial and technical advice. It has a state-wide responsibility for identifying, investigating and suppressing criminal activity and criminal networks.
https://www.police.qld.gov.au/organisational-structure/crime-and-intelligence-command

 

[Ellery84]

How do you lose a 2 and 3 year old long enough for them to die in a car? Where were their parents/carers?

I guess that might be within the scope of the police investigation.

IMO