Queensland mum Ingrid Flanigan, accused of killing 3yo daughter, found unresponsive in jail cell
A Queensland mother accused of killing her three-year old daughter has been found unresponsive in her jail cell.
Lauren Ingrid Flanigan, 32, was charged with the murder of the child after police made the grim discovery at a Regency Rd home in Moore Park Beach – in the Bundaberg region of Queensland – at 4.45pm on Monday.
Queensland Corrective Services (QCS) confirmed officers responded to a medical emergency involving a prisoner at Brisbane Womens Correctional Centre on Friday night.
A QCS spokesman said officers responded before paramedics arrived on site and transported the woman to hospital.
'Support is being offered to the responding officers and their colleagues,' a spokesman said.
Queensland Police detectives from the Corrective Services Investigation Unit are investigating.
'There is no further information available at this time,' a police spokesman said.
Ms Flanigan was remanded in custody and due to face court in July over the young girl's death.
Police seized a bladed knife from the scene.
Superintendent Brad Inskip said multiple triple-0 calls had been made in regards to the alleged incident.
Police and paramedics located the child's body and the mother in the front yard of the address.
'There were multiple wounds to the child's body,' Superintendent Inskip said at the time.
'It was a horrific scene, a terrible incident for everybody – including the witnesses, including the emergency services, police and ambulance officers who attended and the investigators doing the ongoing investigation.'
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