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Callum Godde

MYSTERIOUS: State repeatedly failed girl 12 before murder charge | Mind Blowing Facts

Victoria's child protection system has been slammed for failing a girl accused of a fatal stabbing. (Diego Fedele/AAP PHOTOS)

A 12-year-old girl charged with a stabbing murder had been repeatedly failed as she was shunted from place to place in Victoria's child protection system.

The girl, referred to as WD for legal reasons, was accused of stabbing a 37-year-old woman to death in the inner-western Melbourne suburb of Footscray in November 2023.

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