Paddington Murder-Suicide: Tragedy Hits Close To Home

My colleague at work mentioned this story to me the other night because it took place in Paddington Brisbane, making it seem a lot more real and immediate than a lot of other crimes you hear about on the news. I generally think of Brisbane as a pretty safe and rather mundane place and hearing about a murder of a young girl so near to me is quite shocking and a little hard to compute. The body of 14 year old Sidonie Thompson, was discovered on the 7th of September following the suicide of her mother who flung herself off a bridge. The mother, Kim Pattison, is suspected of murdering her child and ending her own life immediately afterwards. Investigation is still be carried out with the police choosing not to disclose intimate details of the case for the time being.