Logan mother charged murder after two daughters found dead in car

Mourners have paid tribute to two young sisters who died after were pulled from their car in 31C heat. 

Kerri-Ann Conley, 27, was charged with murder after her daughters, aged one and two, were found in the car outside their home in Logan City, south of Brisbane at 1.30pm on Saturday. 

Paramedics could not revive them and they were declared dead at the scene. Neighbours claimed the girls had been left in the car for up to seven hours. 

Members of the local community visited the home on Logan Reserve Road, in Waterford West, to remember the girls on Sunday morning.

Flower bouquets and stuffed animals were placed on the grass below the front fence, which is lined with police tape amid investigations into the deaths.    

Flower bouquets and stuffed animals are seen outside the Logan home were two young sisters died on Saturday

The mother of the two sisters was charged with two counts of murder. Pictured: The car the girls were allegedly left to die in

The mother of the two sisters was charged with two counts of murder. Pictured: The car the girls were allegedly left to die in

A cubby house inside the grounds of the home at Logan Reserve Road

Children's toys are seen sprawled in the front yard behind the front fence of the house in Waterford West

Children’s toys are seen sprawled in the front yard behind the front fence of the house in Waterford West, Logan 

A woman pays tribute to the young victims, aged one and two, on Sunday morning

A woman pays tribute to the young victims, aged one and two, on Sunday morning 

A boy leaves stuffed toys at the front of the Waterford West to remember the two sisters who died on Sunday

A boy leaves stuffed toys at the front of the Waterford West to remember the two sisters who died on Sunday

Tributes for the young girls also poured in online after their tragic deaths.

‘Fly high little babies. So sad,’ one person wrote. 

‘Sad to hear… RIP little angels… thoughts with the service members that found the kids,’ another commented. 

Police spoke to Conley for hours before she was charged with two counts of murder late on Saturday night.

She is due to appear at Brisbane Magistrates Court on Monday.

One neighbour told the Courier Mail that her grandson recalled seeing the children in the car at 6.30am, seven hours before they were found.  

Queensland Police Detective Inspector Mark White said the children died from extreme heat exposure. 

‘Paramedics made attempts to revive those children, unfortunately they were both declared deceased at the scene,’ he told reporters in a press conference.

‘The two children showed evidence of being exposed to extreme heat.’ 

‘It’s tragic and we are putting a lot of emphasis on supporting our staff, because they do a very difficult job,’ he said. 

Pictured: Tributes for the two sisters sit below the mail box and police tape lined across the front fence

Pictured: Tributes for the two sisters sit below the mail box and police tape lined across the front fence

The mother of the two girls, aged one and two, was charged on Saturday night. Pictured: The car the two girls were found in

The mother of the two girls, aged one and two, was charged on Saturday night. Pictured: The car the two girls were found in

Police crews remained at the scene in Logan, near Brisbane, on Sunday morning. The girls were found on Saturday

Police crews remained at the scene in Logan, near Brisbane, on Sunday morning. The girls were found on Saturday

One neighbour told the Courier Mail that her granddaughters saw the girls’ bodies being carried out of the house after being splashed with water to cool them down.

‘My granddaughters saw the babies being carried out of the house soaking wet,’ she said.

‘It is a tragic accident, she was a good mum.’ 

Another neighbour, Willow Dawes, told the publication that she was confronted by horrific scenes.

‘I came out when the ambulance pulled up and saw the children being brought out,’ she said. 

‘It’s pretty upsetting and it was quite confronting.’

Conley had reportedly moved into the home about six months ago.

It is the same property that police searched when investigating the murder of Beenleigh schoolgirl Tiahleigh Palmer, 12, in 2015. 

At least two ambulance crews were called to Logan Road in Logan (pictured) on Saturday

At least two ambulance crews were called to Logan Road in Logan (pictured) on Saturday

Police forensics (pictured) examine a vehicle outside a property in Logan, south of Brisbane

Police forensics (pictured) examine a vehicle outside a property in Logan, south of Brisbane

Emergency services were called to the Waterford West property at 1.35pm on Saturday

Emergency services were called to the Waterford West property at 1.35pm on Saturday

Officers were searching for links between Tiahleigh and the then-occupants but did not find any before her foster father pleaded guilty in 2018. 

Temperatures reached highs of 31C in Logan on Saturday.

Emergency services rescue more than 2,000 unattended children in cars each year.

The temperature inside a parked car can be more than 30 degrees hotter than outside the car, according to the NRMA.

Up to 75 per cent of the temperature increase occurs within five minutes of the car being closed.

‘A child left in a parked car under those conditions for even a few minutes can very quickly become distressed, dehydrated and can die from organ failure,’ the NRMA website states.   

The girls, aged one and two, were found unresponsive and paramedics desperately tried to revive them but they were too late. Pictured: The ca

The girls, aged one and two, were found unresponsive and paramedics desperately tried to revive them but they were too late. Pictured: The car

 

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