Alleged Rockhampton homicide sufferer Tayla Cox beforehand warned about ‘creeps’ and ‘weirdos’ on the relationship scene earlier than assembly husband Matthew

A younger mom allegedly murdered by her husband alongside their new child child had beforehand spoken out about ‘creeps’ and ‘weirdos’ earlier than they had been married.

The physique of Tayla Cox, 30, and her new child daughter Murphy Margaret, 11 weeks, had been found by police of their Rockhampton house in central Queensland on Thursday morning.

Her husband, 31-year-old Matthew Cox, is because of seem in courtroom on Friday accused of their homicide.

He had flown out of Rockhampton on Tuesday night earlier than handing himself into Brisbane‘s Fortitude Valley police station about 11am on Thursday, prompting police to rearrange a welfare examine for his spouse and daughter.

Tayla Cox (proper), 30, and her child woman Murphy (centre) had been discovered useless of their Rockhampton house on Thursday. Her husband Matthew Cox (left) has been charged with their murders

Proud grandmother Linda (proper) lately shared a photograph posing together with her son Matthew (left) and his child woman Murphy

Police found the 2 our bodies within the Rockhampton house whereas conducting a welfare examine

Police imagine they died on Tuesday.

Ms Cox, whose maiden title was Black, grew up in Rockhampton and labored as a restore co-ordinator at Campbell Development Co, in accordance with her LinkedIn.

Greater than a decade in the past, she appeared in her native newspaper bemoaning the shortage of eligible males in her native space.

Ms Cox, who was then finding out forensics at CQUniversity, complained about ‘creeps’ and ‘weirdos’ who would come to Rockhampton from out of city to select up ladies.

‘They don’t seem to be engaging in any respect and are weirdos. Quite a lot of males get actually drunk and attempt to choose up chicks on a regular basis,’ she informed the Morning Bulletin. 

Three years later, Ms Cox and her future husband introduced their relationship to family and friends on Fb. It’s unclear how they first met.

‘Lastly you two!’ commented one pal, to which Ms Cox replied: ‘Higher late than by no means.’

Mr and Ms Cox introduced their relationship on Fb in December 2015

The pair lived for some time in Victoria, the place Mr Cox grew up, however they moved again to Rockhampton in November 2022 when he landed a job as a TV account supervisor at media agency Southern Cross Austereo.

On the time, Ms Cox introduced on Fb her pleasure at shopping for a house collectively.

‘New chapter, cannot wait to make so many superb recollections with our stunning little household,’ Tayla wrote.

In February, she shared a contented snap of her husband cradling her child bump whereas having fun with a break on Nice Keppel Island.

‘We won’t wait to fulfill you,’ she wrote.

In an announcement, the mother and father of Mr Cox informed the Courier Mail they had been in a ‘state of shock’ on the devastating information.

Matthew and Tayla Cox (pictured throughout her being pregnant) had been residing in Victoria earlier than they moved again to Rockhampton after shopping for a house in November 2022

Matthew Cox (left) will seem in a Brisbane courtroom on Friday over the deaths of his spouse (proper) and their child

‘We’ve got misplaced a wonderful daughter-in-law Tayla but additionally our a lot cherished granddaughter Murphy,’ Denis Cox and Linda Lind stated.

‘At this stage we’ve got only a few different particulars and are in an absolute state of shock.

‘We ask that the media respect our privateness whereas we grieve and attempt to course of what has occurred.’

A criminal offense scene stays arrange on the Park Avenue house the place the our bodies of Ms Cox and her child woman had been discovered.

‘A second crime scene was additionally established at an residence complicated on Constance Road, Fortitude Valley, the place the person is known to have been staying,’ a Queensland Police assertion learn.

‘A automobile has additionally been seized on the Rockhampton airport and brought away for forensic examination.’

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