Update: Sudden death, Atherton

Detectives from the Tablelands Child Protection Investigation Unit and the State Crime Command’s Child Trauma Taskforce have charged a woman with manslaughter following the death of an infant at Atherton last year.

Paramedics declared the infant deceased at an Atherton residence on January 21, 2014.

Following a protracted investigation codenamed Operation Mike Tamatins, a 29-year-old local woman was today charged with one count of manslaughter.

She is due to appear in the Mareeba Magistrates Court tomorrow.

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