Police treating death of five-month-old baby in Brisbane as suspicious
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Detectives have been speaking to the mother of a five-month-old girl whose death last month in Brisbane is now being treated as suspicious.
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A post mortem examination and later inquiries led detectives to believe it was suspicious
Police want to hear from anyone who saw the family at Buranda shopping centre on November 15
The baby girl was found unconscious and not breathing at the family s home at a unit complex in King Street in Annerley on the morning of November 16 after the mother called triple-0.
Brisbane baby death now suspicious , Queensland Police say
Queensland Police are treating the tragic death of a five-month-old girl as a murder investigation, following a month-long inquiry.
On the morning of November 16, emergency services were called by the child s mother to a unit complex in King Street in Annerley, Brisbane after the baby was reported unconscious and not breathing.
Paramedics pronounced the baby girl dead soon after they arrived.
Detective Acting Inspector Rod Watts said police did not initially consider the baby s death suspicious. But police inquiries and medical assessments now indicate the need for further investigation.
Police have released CCTV of the child believed to be hours before her death.(Queensland Police)