Gold Coast mother charged with murder of 10-year-old daughter as police describe ‘incredibly confronting’ scene

Woman, 46, faces Queensland court after schoolgirl’s body discovered at home in Emerald Lakes area of Carrara

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The mother of a 10-year-old schoolgirl, found dead in a Gold Coast unit on Tuesday evening, has been charged with her murder.

A police detective leading the investigation said the discovery of the girl’s body at a home in the exclusive Emerald Lakes area of the Gold Coast suburb of Carrara, was “one of the most confronting scenes I have seen”.