Dexter was just nine months old when he died. 9News
Brisbane Supreme Court heard a post-mortem report revealed he was malnutritioned, and likely suffered severe neglect of his most acute needs.His mother, Natalie Jade Whitehead, was allegedly using drugs with her partner and told police she put the baby down to sleep at 8.
30pm one night and didn't check on him for 21 hours.The court heard it's alleged the woman attempted to hide her drug use by putting syringes in a neighbour's bin before alerting authorities to the child's death.Whitehead's application for bail was on Friday denied in Brisbane's Supreme Court.The case is due for mention next month.
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