Mom Accused of Fatally Stabbing Her 3-Yr-Outdated Daughter Is Useless

Lauren Ingrid Flanigan, the Australian lady accused of killing her 3-year-old daughter, has died.

Flanigan, 32, was discovered unresponsive in her cell on the Brisbane Girls’s Correctional Centre on Friday, Could 30, per the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC).

Officers supplied “fast help” earlier than she was transported to the intensive care unit at an area hospital, in response to ABC, which cited Queensland police.

Flanigan died on the night of Sunday, June 1, per the outlet.

In a press release to PEOPLE, Queensland Correctional Service confirmed that an investigation into Flanigan’s dying is underway. The group stated they’ll help authorities in getting ready a report for the coroner, as “is normal observe for all deaths in custody.”

“Assist is being supplied to the responding officers and their colleagues,” the Queensland Correctional Service added.

Flanigan, a mom of three, was accused of fatally stabbing her eldest daughter, Sophia Rose, within the entrance yard of their Moore Park Seaside dwelling in Central Queensland on Monday, Could 26.

Queensland Police Chief Inspector Grant Marcus stated authorities obtained a number of calls from neighbors, however the baby was lifeless when emergency providers discovered her simply earlier than 5 p.m. native time, per 7 News and 9 News. 

Flanigan was taken into custody and charged, whereas a knife that police allege was the homicide weapon was additionally seized, the retailers reported. 

“There have been two different youngsters on the tackle on the time, each youthful — aged 1 and a couple of,” Superintendent Brad Inskip stated, per News.com.au. “Neither of them was injured within the incident yesterday, they usually’re presently being cared for by members of the family.”

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Inskip instructed 7 Information that there have been “a number of makes an attempt” to revive Sophia earlier than she succumbed to her accidents.

“Little doubt it was a horrific scene, it’s a horrible, horrible incident for everyone, together with the witnesses and the neighbors, together with the emergency providers police and ambulances who attended and investigators who’re doing the continuing investigation,” Inskip stated, per 7 Information.

In keeping with Sky News Australia, Flanigan had allegedly posted quite a lot of eerie messages on social media within the days main as much as the deadly stabbing. She allegedly shared a video of a lady with bruises on her arm, captioned, “Bear in mind your ache because it fuels your goal.” 

She allegedly included lyrics from the heavy metallic group Disturbed’s track “Prayer,” which say, “One other nightmare about to come back true. Will manifest tomorrow. One other love that I’ve taken from you.”

In different posts, Flanigan allegedly referenced coaching “prefer it’s warfare” and being a “warrior of sunshine,” in response to Information.com.au. She captioned a photograph of her youngsters “my divine infants,” whereas different posts allegedly referenced previous trauma.