Alleged murder of 10yo girl devastates Gold Coast community
Sophie Wang was just 10 when she was found dead by her father at her home at Emerald Lakes, a leafy residential area in the central suburb of Carrara, on Tuesday evening. The aftershocks of the horrific alleged murder are rippling through the tight-knit Gold Coast Chinese community.
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00:00Underneath crime scene tape, a memorial is growing. Families laying flowers, struggling
00:07to comprehend what took place on this unassuming Gold Coast street.
00:11The whole situation, it's just terribly sad for everyone. You can only imagine what everyone
00:17in that family is feeling like. People who are closer to them as well.
00:21On Tuesday night, 10-year-old Sophie Wong was found dead inside her family home. Her
00:26mother, Yin-Yin Hsu, is now in custody and charged with her murder. Homicide detectives
00:32are reviewing these rambling videos the 46-year-old posted to TikTok that day, sharing a religious
00:38revelation. Authorities say they're not aware of any interaction between health or child
00:43safety and the family in the lead up to Sophie's death.
00:47Just absolutely sickening, gut-wrenching, awful. I just can't imagine how that father
00:53felt.
00:54Her father, Yun Wong, is a chemistry professor at Griffith University. He made the grim discovery
00:59when he returned home from work and called triple zero.
01:03Sophie was in year five. Classmates and parents at Emanuel College, where she went to school,
01:08are in shock.
01:09The tragedy has also deeply affected the Titanid Enclave of Emerald Lakes, coming together
01:15tonight to support its Chinese residents during this difficult time.
01:19Shocked and sad and restless. All the families get that same thing, the same feeling.