A coroner has handed down her findings into the mystery death of an 11-month-old baby girl in Wodonga but suppressed the details because it could interfere with a person's right to a fair trial.
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Coroner Jacinta Heffey said she had formed a view about the circumstances surrounding the death of Charlotte Keen but did not want to air her opinion in public because of the risk of prejudicing a person's trial if they were charged.
Charlotte died in the Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne on December 17, 2004, three days before her first birthday.
An inquest into Charlotte's death was held last year in Wodonga.
Pathologist Professor Stephen Cordner performed the autopsy on Charlotte and found the baby had suffered a brain injury, a broken arm and up to 25 bruises.
Charlotte was taken to the Wodonga Hospital emergency department on December 12, 2004, before being transferred to Albury Hospital and later flown to the Royal Children's Hospital. She died five days later.
Paramedics had gone to the Phefley Court house at 8.19am on December 12, 2004, after receiving a 000 call about an 11-month-old baby.
- with the Border Mail
