Alicia Lee charged with murder for two-year-old boy
A woman, 22, has been charged with murder after a Rockhampton boy died in a Brisbane hospital.
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A 22-year-old Rockhampton woman has been charged with the murder of a two-year-old boy known to her.
Emergency services were called to a Frenchville address on January 18 and the boy was taken to Rockhampton Hospital.
He was transferred to the Queensland Children’s Hospital in Brisbane, where he died the following day – on January 19.
Detectives from the Rockhampton Child Protection and Investigation Unit and Child Trauma Unit began an investigation.
Alicia Jane Lee has been charged with one count of murder and appeared in the Rockhampton Magistrates Court on Monday.
Ms Lee remained in the watch-house and did not physically appear in the courtroom.
No application for bail was made and Ms Lee was remanded in custody.
A brief of evidence was ordered and the matter was adjourned until April 13.
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