Man charged with murder after allegedly planning hit-and-run
A second arrest has been made over the alleged hit-run killing of a young mother south of Brisbane on Friday. A 27-year-old man has been charged with murder along with his girlfriend who was arrested on Saturday. Police allege Tyler Scott William James planned the killing of his former partner.
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00:00Moral tributes for 23-year-old Kaiesha Thompson, who died in what police allege was a targeted
00:09hit and run.
00:11She was struck by an SUV outside her daughter's daycare centre in Daisy Hill.
00:17She later died in hospital.
00:18I've been an investigator for more than 30 years, I've spent a very large portion of
00:22my career doing homicide and death investigations and I can honestly say that there are features
00:28that we've identified in this investigation that will stay with me.
00:31Tyler Scott William James is accused of planning the alleged hit and run, which police allege
00:37was carried out by his new girlfriend Larissa Rita May Lee Sant.
00:43Police will allege that while Mr James wasn't in the car, he had equal involvement.
00:49Both have been charged with murder.
00:51The person we charged last night we will allege has involvement in the offence other than
00:57driving the vehicle.
00:58The accused was remanded in custody after his case was mentioned in the Brisbane Magistrates
01:03Court this morning.
01:04He is expected to appear again at the end of this month.
01:09Police have revealed social media accounts belonging to the co-accused are being examined
01:14and will form part of their investigation.
01:17They're also calling on anyone who was on Alamanda Drive, Daisy Hill last Wednesday
01:22or Friday to come forward.