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Rex Martinich

Mum found to be 'risk of injury' prior to child deaths

Officials had concerns about Kerri-Ann Conley's methamphetamine use affecting her daughter's safety. (HANDOUT/DC5)

Authorities were concerned a girl would be injured due to her mother's drug-fuelled neglect years before she was left to die in a hot car, a coroner has heard.

A Queensland Department of Child Safety officer on Thursday testified that she documented concerns that Kerri-Ann Conley's methamphetamine use would lead to her falling asleep while was the sole carer of her then-infant daughter Darcey.

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