Gold Coast stabbing: Murder charges for woman after 10-year-old girl has throat slashed at Carrara home
Police have charged a 46-year-old woman with murder following investigations into the death of a 10-year-old who allegedly had her throat slashed at home in Carrara on the Gold Coast.
Gold Coast detectives located and arrested a 46-year-old Carrara woman at a nearby street around 10.25 pm.
The woman charged with murder is due to appear before Southport Magistrates Court on Wednesday morning.
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QLD Police and emergency services were called to a home at Emerald Lakes, Carrara, just after 6pm on Tuesday where they found the 10-year-old girl unresponsive.
Inspector Lou Serafim told reporters at the scene emergency services were alerted to the “traumatic” incident by a relative of the girl.
“At approximately six o’clock this evening police received a triple-0 emergency call about a 10-year-old girl who was located deceased in a unit,” she said.
“At this point, we are treating the death of the 10-year-old girl as suspicious, and investigations are currently underway about the demise of the girl.
“The triple-0 call was made by a relative who was at the incident scene when they located the 10-year-old girl. He is being very cooperative and is assisting police with the investigation.”
Police said the girl lived at the property where she was found, but have not confirmed how the 10-year-old died. Authorities were called after the girl was discovered with a slashed throat, according to The Courier Mail.
Insp Serafim said the staff who attended as first responders and emergency services from the Queensland Ambulance Service entered a scene that “was quite traumatic”.
“These officers and the paramedics are receiving internal counselling about the incident that they were exposed to,” she said.
The street has been cordoned off as police and forensics officers investigate the circumstances surrounding the girl’s death.
A resident said the neighbourhood was “normally very quiet” and was shocked by the devastating news.
“I can’t believe it,” she told The Courier-Mail.
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