{"id":453468,"date":"2026-02-02T11:13:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T11:13:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/453468\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T11:13:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T11:13:12","slug":"cleveland-man-charged-over-death-of-three-week-old-baby-south-of-brisbane-in-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/453468\/","title":{"rendered":"Cleveland man charged over death of three-week-old baby south of Brisbane in 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Police have charged a man with murder over the death of a newborn baby south of Brisbane more than 18 months ago.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">The three-week-old boy died at Queensland Children&#8217;s Hospital on July 22, 2024, four days after being admitted in a critical condition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Detectives from the Logan Child Protection and Investigation Unit, alongside the Child Trauma Unit, launched Operation Whiskey Nell to determine the cause of the child&#8217;s death.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Police said extensive medical tests indicated the child had suffered internal injuries, allegedly received at a Greenbank address.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Hank Sherriff, 25, of Cleveland was arrested on Monday morning and charged with murder.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A white car is parked on a quiet and leafy suburban street\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/b5f97b45e5a281cee4449ffe437a747a.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">The baby boy suffered injuries at a house at Greenbank, south of Brisbane. (ABC News: Charlie McLean)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">In the weeks following the child&#8217;s death, Mr Sherriff posted a tribute to social media to the boy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">&#8220;Today you were cremated,&#8221; the post said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">&#8220;I have no words, I love you son forever and always I told you to hit the sun and reach the stars and I know you did.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">&#8220;I&#8217;ll love you forever my little man no matter what, death shall not make us part I&#8217;ll see you soon.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A tall bearded man in business attire speaks to reporters outside a courthouse\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/b6aa2d028394c8b6618f74011844a66e.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">Glen Antonie says a 25-year-old man was charged with murder after being arrested on Monday morning. (ABC News: Charlie McLean)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Queensland Police Detective Acting Inspector Glen Antonie said the man was charged with one count of murder after an &#8220;extensive investigation&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">&#8220;It has been an extremely protracted, complex and extensive investigation, and we&#8217;ve relied on evidence, forensics and the expertise of medical [experts],&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">&#8220;It&#8217;s only on the review of those results and those examinations that we&#8217;ve been able to progress this matter today to the charging of a 25-year-old Cleveland man.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Mr Sherriff&#8217;s case was mentioned in Brisbane Magistrates Court and was adjourned for three weeks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">He will appear at Beenleigh Magistrates Court on February 25.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Police have charged a man with murder over the death of a newborn baby south of Brisbane more&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":453469,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,10966,27089,1300,33678,2968,12951,44,94,701],"class_list":["post-453468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-charge","tag-child-protection","tag-death","tag-logan","tag-murder","tag-newborn","tag-news","tag-qld","tag-queensland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453468","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=453468"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453468\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/453469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=453468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=453468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=453468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}