Overview

• Sophia Rose Flanigan was found unresponsive with multiple wounds in the front yard of the family’s Regency Road home on Monday, May 26, and was declared dead at the scene.
• Queensland Police arrested 32-year-old Lauren Ingrid Flanigan at the property and charged her with murder; she has been remanded and will next appear at Bundaberg Magistrates Court on July 21.
• Two younger siblings, aged one and two, were in the home during the incident but were unharmed and are now in the care of relatives, and the children’s father has returned after being away for work.
• Investigators seized a bladed weapon believed to be the murder instrument, declared the house a crime scene, and enlisted specialist officers from Brisbane to assist the Bundaberg inquiry.
• Authorities are reviewing Flanigan’s recent social media posts, which featured spiritual messages and references to her ‘divine babies’ and a ‘battle against the system,’ as part of their ongoing probe.