Biggenden shed fire that killed Todd Mooney and daughter Kirra needs witnesses
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Urgent appeal for two key witnesses to come forward after a 10-year-old girl and her father were deliberately burned to death in a fire just days before their wedding.
- Police are calling for witnesses to the deadly fire in Biggenden to contact them.
- Couple who were filmed at Queensland service station asked to come forward
- Todd Mooney, 54, and his 10-year-old daughter Kirra, died in a suspicious fire in a shed
Police have made a desperate appeal for two possible witnesses to a deadly arson attack to come forward.
Todd Mooney, 54, and his 10-year-old daughter Kirra, were killed when their shed caught fire on a farm in Biggenden, 200 miles north of Brisbane, on December 20.
Investigators determined that the fire was started deliberately after finding their charred bodies in the rubble.
Police are looking for this couple, who were caught on CCTV at the Ban Ban Springs BP service station between 11:50am and 12:20pm on December 20, to come forward.
A man and a woman caught on CCTV at the Ban Ban Springs BP service station between 11:50 am and 12:20 pm on December 20 were called by police to come forward as potential witnesses.
The dark-haired woman, dressed in a red shirt and blue jean shorts, is seen having an animated conversation with a bearded man, who was her traveling companion in a white Nissan Patrol.
Detectives have asked the couple, or anyone who recognizes them or their car, to contact police immediately.
Potential witnesses have no connection to the couple killed in the fire.
Police previously requested that a man driving a ute, who was also seen on CCTV while visiting a Ban Springs BP service station, contact them and he did so.
The bodies of two people were found inside the rubble of a burned-out shed in the North Burnett region of Queensland.
Detectives also called on motorists who traveled along the Isis Freeway between Goomeri and Biggenden between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Dec. 20 to come forward, along with anyone who stopped at the station. service at those times.
Anyone who can help is asked to contact the Maryborough Police Station.
North Burnett Deputy Mayor Robbie Radel said the loss of two lives would hit the small town of Biggenden, which has fewer than 1,000 people, very hard.
“It’s certainly very raw right now and I think we have a community in shock and will be for quite some time,” he said. the alphabeth.
Mooney and his fiancée owned Biggenden Bakery, which they took over in 2019.
Police declared a crime scene at the rural property in Biggenden and investigators say the deadly shed fire on December 20 was ignited deliberately.
Cr Radel said the couple was known throughout the region.
“They were an absolutely integral part of our community, they are very beloved people within the community,” he said.
“In a business sense, it will certainly leave a huge gap and have a huge impact, not just on local commerce here but beyond, because they’ve been good businessmen and their business has extended well beyond the outskirts of Biggenden.”
Detective Inspector Gary Pettiford said the couple would be getting married on Boxing Day, making the event even more tragic.