Overview

• Jaye Lee Walton, 42, appeared in Ipswich Magistrates Court charged with domestic violence–related manslaughter over the July 12 drowning of seven-month-old Reef Hunter Walton at Chatsworth Park
• Walton’s lawyers plan to file a bail application under Queensland’s show-cause framework at his next court mention on Thursday
• Jacinta Beth Sells, 31, has been charged with murdering her six-month-old son in a domestic violence homicide and remains hospitalised under police guard pending her next court appearance
• Both Queensland Police Service and WA Police have engaged homicide squads and Child Trauma Units, with post-mortem and forensic examinations ongoing in each investigation
• Investigators in Queensland are appealing for anyone at Chatsworth Park between 9 am and 11 am on July 12 to come forward with information to clarify the circumstances of the drowning