Charged with Murder
POLICE have announced they have charged 43 year old Kate Hutchinson with the murder of her toddler Leonie Hutchinson this afternoon.
Ms Hutchinson presented in Lismore local court on one charge of murder and was refused bail, after being arrested by police at 7:30 this morning at her home in Evans Head.
She was remanded in custody and is due to appear in the same court on March 22.
The toddler was reported missing in 2004, but police believe she disappeared from her home in Scone sometime around January 2001.
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