Child, 2, found dead in Miller home: Police say she could have been dead for days
A MOTHER accused of murdering her daughter, 2, has appeared in a Sydney court via video link, where it was revealed the girl could have been dead for up to three days.
National
Don't miss out on the headlines from National. Followed categories will be added to My News.
A WOMAN accused of murdering her two-year-old daughter has appeared in a Sydney court via video link, where it was revealed the little girl may have been dead for up to three days.
The 27-year-old mother did not apply for bail, and it was formally refused, at Penrith Local Court this morning.
She was charged with murder after the body of her toddler was discovered by emergency services at a home in Miller just after midday yesterday.
Police say the girl was murdered some time between 6am on Saturday and 12.30pm yesterday, according to court documents.
The mother was charged at Katoomba, in the Blue Mountains, on last night.
A male supporter covered his face and ran to his car to avoid the media after the woman’s court appearance.
The case was adjourned to Campbelltown Local Court on November 9.
Detectives formally charged the mother at a medical facility in the Blue Mountains.
The woman has been there since a road accident on Sunday.
Police are still investigating how the little girl died.
An autopsy will reveal if the child drowned.
Neighbours first became aware of the situation when a woman approached a house in Merino Street around noon, asking if they had seen a little girl.
The woman asked for a ladder to scale a fence before she entered the home and found the child in the bathroom.
Pat Ingram, who answered the door to the woman, said: “She said she was concerned for the child’s welfare. She said she was the next of kin. She asked if I had a ladder.”
The concerned woman revealed the mother had been involved in an accident in the Blue Mountains over the weekend after a “fight with her boyfriend”.
OTHER NEWS: TERROR FEARS AS AUSSIE JIHADIS RETURN HOME
Robyn Fransisco, whose parents live opposite the house, said the mother “didn’t seem like the kind of mother who’d leave her daughter alone”.
Neighbours said the family had only lived in the house for a few months.
Ms Ingram said she hadn’t seen the little girl since Wednesday and while she hadn’t talked to her, she had waved when she saw them on the street.
“The next thing the whole street was full of police and I thought, ‘I hope to God nothing happened,’ and then they taped the house off,” she said.
Police are investigating who was supposed to be looking after the child.
Millions bracing for more extreme weather
Millions of Australians are bracing for another “significant weather event”, as floodwaters recede in NSW following devastating rains.
Desperate plea after ‘broken promise’
Injured workers have issued a desperate plea in a letter to a state government they say broke a promise with a proposal to reform workers compensation.