Remains of Todd Mooney and daughter Kirra found after shed fire at Biggenden on 20 December
Queensland police have charged a 24-year-old Maryborough woman with two counts of murder and one count of arson.Queensland police have charged a 24-year-old Maryborough woman with two counts of murder and one count of arson.A woman has been charged with murder over the deaths of aThe remains of Todd Mooney, 54, and his 10-year-old daughter, Kirra, were found after a shed fire at Biggenden, about 78km south-west of Bundaberg, on 20 December.
“It took quite a while for police and emergency services to put the fire out and then the building and the whole structure were terribly unsafe; they had to be stabilised before any searches could be made of the shed area; the house was unaffected by the fire,” Pettiford said at the time. Police found the remains of two bodies in the shed and carried out forensic examinations of the structure, including hand-sifting debris and removing asbestos, with the help of fire investigators and a pathologist.
Investigators have appealed for anyone who may have seen a white Holden Barina wagon, with a distinctive solar panel on the roof, in the area around the time of the fire to contact police.“There is no doubt that Todd was a great man with a brilliant work ethic and a passion for baking,” he wrote on Facebook.
“He supplied a number of surrounding towns with fresh pies, bread and other baked goods. This loss will be felt far and wide across the Wide Bay and Burnett.”
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