Man, 26, charged over toddler’s death at Tarro, near Newcastle

A 26-year-old man has been charged with murdering a 20-month-old girl following her suspicious death in the NSW Hunter region seven weeks ago.

A 26-year-old man has been charged with murdering a toddler following her suspicious death in the NSW Hunter region seven weeks ago.

Emergency services were called to a house in Tarro, near Newcastle, in June after reports a 20-month-old child was in cardiac arrest.

The man is led away by detectives following his arrest at Tanilba Bay today. Picture: NSW Police

She was taken to John Hunter Hospital but could not be revived.

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The man, who was the former partner of the girl’s mother, was arrested this morning by homicide detectives and officers from a special strike force investigating the child’s death.

The 26-year-old was questioned by detectives today. Picture: NSW Police

The man was charged with murder. Picture: NSW Police

They knocked on the door of a Tanilba Bay home and arrested the tattooed man, who was wearing a gold crucifix necklace and had a shaved head, a NSW Police video showed.

He was handcuffed and driven to Raymond Terrace Police Station where investigators charged him with murder.