Gold Coast woman charged with murder of 10-year-old girl

Police have charged a woman with the murder of a 10-year-old girl on the Gold Coast.

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00:00A police investigation is underway after a 10-year-old girl was found dead in a Gold

00:08Coast home last night.

00:10Now emergency services were called to the home in the Gold Coast suburb of Carrara at

00:17about 6pm last night.

00:20They found the girl to be unresponsive and she was then pronounced dead.

00:25A few hours later, at about 25 past 10, police located a 46-year-old Carrara woman nearby

00:34and she was taken into custody.

00:38Now this morning that woman has been charged with murder and she's due to face the Southport

00:44Magistrates Court this morning.

00:47Emanuel College, which is a school nearby, has confirmed that the 10-year-old girl is

00:53one of their students and they've put out a statement saying that they're devastated

00:59by the tragic passing of one of our students last night.

01:03They've said they're providing support and counselling to their staff, students and community

01:09as they deal with the sudden death, so I'm sure that it would be a hard day for everyone

01:15at that school today.