Kerri-Ann Conley, has been charged with murder after her daughters were carried from their Logan home soaking wet following desperate attempts to revive them. Photo / supplied
Kerri-Ann Conley, has been charged with murder after her daughters were carried from their Logan home soaking wet following desperate attempts to revive them. Photo / supplied
The father of two girls who died in a hot car in southeast Queensland has called for a full public inquiry into their deaths, saying he wants "the truth" to be exposed.
The man, who is the biological father to one of the girls, told 7 News the community hada right to know how two-year-old Darcey-Helen and 1-year-old Chloe-Ann died.
"I want to expose the truth. The community has a right to know."
Darcey-Helen and Chloe-Ann died inside a black station wagon parked across the front yard of their family home in Logan, south of Brisbane, on Saturday.
Their mother, 27-year-old Kerri-Ann Conley, has now been charged with their murders, as well as possession of dangerous drugs and possession of drug utensils.
She is the first person to be charged under the Queensland's expanded definition of murder, which includes reckless indifference to human life.
Chloe-Ann Conley, aged 1. Photo / supplied
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said the family was known to the state's child safety department which had contact with them in the past.
She said Attorney-General Yvette D'Ath would ask Cheryl Vardon, the Queensland Family and Child Commission's principal commissioner, to investigate, and those findings will then be released.
"The death of these two young girls is an absolute tragedy," she said on Monday.
"I was heartbroken when I heard about it. I think everybody would be in exactly the same position."
A woman who babysat the two girls told news.com.au that authorities had been alerted about the family before.
Gina McKenzie, who said she was the last person to see the girls about 8.30pm on Friday, claimed there had been previous complaints to authorities about the children's welfare.
"I know welfare had been called numerous times," she said.
"I strongly believe they should have done much more."
Family and friends of Ms Conley claim they also made multiple attempts to alert the authorities to their concerns for the children.
Deb Frecklington, leader of the Liberal National Party opposition, wants to know how the department was involved with the family, and said the government would have her full support in overhauling the child safety system.
