Two-year-old girl shown on CCTV hours before sudden death

Chilling shopping centre footage shows girl, two, being carried on adult’s back hours before she suddenly died in ‘suspicious circumstances’

  • Child of Jessica and Adam Hanbury, two, died suddenly on December 29
  • Footage of her hours before suspicious death has been released by police 
  • Faces of the Hanbury family have been blurred in the footage

Chilling CCTV footage shows a two-year-old girl being carried by an adult in a sling carrier just hours before her ‘suspicious’ death.

The child of Jessica and Adam Hanbury, who has not been named, died on December 29 after being taken to hospital in McKay, Queensland.

Her death is being treated as ‘suspicious’ with police setting up an incident centre to treat the case as a ‘serious investigation’ of the ‘highest priority’.

Newly released footage shows the child being carried on a harness with a woman and several other young children in the United Chemist in Oak St, Andergrove in Mackay between 3.50pm and 4pm – just hours before she was declared dead. 

Chilling CCTV footage shows a two-year-old girl being carried by an adult in a sling carrier just hours before her ‘suspicious’ death. Seen right on woman’s back

The child of Jessica and Adam Hanbury, who has not been named, died on December 29 after being taken to hospital in McKay, Queensland. The couple are pictured

The child of Jessica and Adam Hanbury, who has not been named, died on December 29 after being taken to hospital in McKay, Queensland. The couple are pictured

Detectives are hoping to speak to people in the footage, as well as any who were at  the Coles Supermarket on the same street between 4pm and 5.30pm that afternoon.  

Faces of the Hanbury family have been blurred in the footage, police said. 

The two-year-old had four older siblings. 

Her death is being treated as 'suspicious' with police setting up an incident centre to treat the case as a 'serious investigation' of the 'highest priority'. The child is seen right

 Her death is being treated as ‘suspicious’ with police setting up an incident centre to treat the case as a ‘serious investigation’ of the ‘highest priority’. The child is seen right

The family of seven had moved to Mackay, some 970km north of Brisbane, in early 2020 and settled in the town’s north.

Queensland Police Detective Acting Inspector Chris Eaton has previously said the little girl was unwell in the days prior to her death. Police have not confirmed if she was sick or injured.

The family friend said Mr Hanbury was at work when he received news of his daughter’s hospitalisation.

Detectives are hoping to speak to people in the footage, as well as any who were at the Coles Supermarket on the same street between 4pm and 5.30pm that afternoon

Detectives are hoping to speak to people in the footage, as well as any who were at the Coles Supermarket on the same street between 4pm and 5.30pm that afternoon

‘He didn’t have a car so he borrowed mine and rushed to the hospital where his wife was,’ he told the Courier Mail.

‘I drove them home at 3am.’

Detectives from Mackay Child Protection and Investigation Unit (CPIU) with the assistance of the Child Trauma Unit, Crime and Intelligence Command are investigating the sudden death of the girl.

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