Mother and Daughter Found Dead in Logan Home, Partner Injured

A mother and her one-year-old daughter were found dead in their home in the Logan suburb of Belivah, south of Brisbane, on Thursday morning, following reports of the woman's partner being struck by a vehicle nearby with apparent neck injuries.

Police responded to a call around 7:30 a.m. at a Woolworths supermarket on the corner of Beaudesert-Beenleigh Road and Bannockburn Road, where a 39-year-old man had been hit by a black utility vehicle. Witnesses described the man running along a footpath, covered in blood, before entering the road. Officers noted he already appeared to have a neck wound at the time of the collision. While attempting to notify his next of kin, police attended the family home on Belivah Road, just a few hundred meters away, and discovered the bodies of 38-year-old Kate Paterson and her daughter, April.

Both victims had suffered critical injuries from an edged weapon, according to Detective Superintendent Chris Ahearn, who addressed the media later that day. "We believe the three of these people live in a family unit at that house: child, mother and father," Ahearn said. He added that investigations were focusing on the nature of their relationship and living...