Police found the child during a welfare check at a central Queensland address and confirmed his mother has been charged with his murder. Court documents obtained by the ABC claim he spent the first seven years of his life not in her care.
A central Queensland mother has been remanded in custody after being charged with murder over the death of her eight-year-old son.
Police were called to a welfare check at a Berserker home during the early hours of Saturday morning where they found the body of Zion Ziggy Sean Goltz.Her case was mentioned in the Rockhampton Magistrates Court this morning, but she did not appear in person. The affidavit claims Zion was not in Ms Goltz's care for the first seven years of his life and had only been returned to her care in the past 12 months.
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