UPDATE 11.30am:
NSW Police have confirmed a Gunnedah man charged with the murder (domestic violence) of a two-year-old child in Tamworth, was known to police.
Detective Inspector Tom Aylett from Oxley Police District said the child “suffered significant physical injuries. The full details are still to be obtained through medical reports”.
He said the 23-year-old was known to the victim child in a domestic capacity.
The child was located by a family member and the family has been assisting police with their inquiries.
EARLIER ….
A Gunnedah man has been remanded in custody charged with murder after the death of a child at Tamworth earlier this month.
Emergency services were called to a home in Hillvue Road, South Tamworth, about 3.45pm on Saturday, January 18, 2025, after a two-year-old child was found unconscious.
NSW Ambulance paramedics treated the child at the scene before taking him to Tamworth Base Hospital where he later died.
Detectives attached to Oxley Police District established Strike Force Agriel and – with the assistance of State Crime Command’s Homicide Squad – initiated an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the child’s death.
Following inquiries, detectives arrested a 23-year-old man at a home in Gunnedah about 6.45pm on Friday, January 31.
He was taken to Tamworth Police Station where he was charged with murder (domestic violence).
The man, from Gunnedah, was remanded in custody to next appear in Tamworth Local Court on April 16, 2025.
The recent arrest follows a separate, unrelated death of a four-month-old baby at Gunnedah Hospital. The incidents are not linked.
“That investigation is still ongoing, and will take some time to get to the bottom of the circumstances of that child’s death,” Detective Inspector Tom Aylett said on Monday.
He said it is “unfortunate that we’ve had two children die in the space of three days”, describing the incidents as “very confronting” for the staff and resources involved.
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