Overview

• Flanigan, 32, was charged on May 26 with murdering her daughter Sophia Rose, who was found fatally stabbed in the front yard of their Moore Park Beach home while her two younger children were unharmed.
• She was placed in the Crisis Support Unit at Brisbane Women’s Correctional Centre and discovered unresponsive in her cell on May 30, prompting an immediate resuscitation effort.
• After receiving emergency aid from corrective services officers and paramedics, Flanigan was transported to Princess Alexandra Hospital where she died on June 1.
• Queensland Corrective Services has referred the incident to its Critical Incident Review and the Corrective Services Investigation Unit and will submit findings to the coroner.
• Hundreds of locals held a candlelit vigil for Sophia Rose, and her father, Jai Ruane, described the death as preventable and criticised systemic failures.