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Queensland police suspect murder after two child deaths and a suspicious fire









The father of a three-year-old who is suspected to have been murdered says ‘something didn’t add up’ when he was called to hospital 














Police are investigating the possibility of murder after linking the death of a three-year-old to a suspicious fire at the same home and the death of a seven-month-old infant. Photograph: Paul Miller/AAP



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Saturday 13 December 2014 01.28 EST







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A man whose infant son is suspected to have been murdered says “something didn’t add up” when he was called to hospital to be told of the death.
The death of the three-year-old child at the property in Morayfield, north of Brisbane, in July 2013 was initially considered a case of sudden infant death syndrome.
But police are now investigating the possibility of murder after linking the incident to a suspicious fire at the home and the death of a seven-month-old infant, both in 2014.
The father of the three-year-old, Mark Wildman, says his boy was healthy prior to the tragedy, News Corp Australia reports.
“When I got the call that night he was at the hospital, something didn’t add up,” he told the Courier-Mail.
“He was my first son. Every man has dreams about having a little boy, going to the tip together, looking at machines and taking him to the football.”
On Friday night Mr Wildman took to a local crime watch page on Facebook to plead for information.
“I love you little man. I’m sorry I was not there to protect you,” he wrote.
Two children, aged nine and 11, escaped the fire in February, but detective Acting Superintendent Damien Hansen has said their access to an exit was “deliberately impeded”.
He said no one has been charged yet but police do have a person of interest, a woman.
The Queensland fire and emergency service has played a pivotal role in the investigation by recreating the children’s bedroom, which allowed police to determine the blaze was deliberately lit.
On Saturday, they repeated a call for public information about the case.
“We are very confident we have the right line of inquiry with this investigation and will have a conclusion in the near future,” Hansen said.



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