Overview

• Lauren Flanigan was charged with murdering her three-year-old daughter Sophia Rose after officers found the child with multiple stab wounds outside their Moore Park Beach home on May 26.
• Flanigan was discovered unresponsive in her high-security cell at Brisbane Women’s Correctional Centre on May 30 and died at Princess Alexandra Hospital on June 1.
• The Coroners Court of Queensland has opened an inquest into her custodial death to assess prison supervision and emergency medical procedures.
• Queensland Police Service is preparing reports on both Flanigan’s death and Sophia Rose’s homicide for the coroner’s review.
• Community members and advocacy groups have held vigils and demanded transparency over potential oversight failures in the prison system.