A prominent Brisbane anaesthetist and her eight-year-old daughter have been found dead in a luxury Airbnb property in what police are treating as a murder-suicide.
The victims have been identified as 54-year-old Dr Tiffany Wilkes and her young daughter.
Their bodies were discovered on Monday afternoon during a welfare check at a high-end rental home on Tinarra Crescent in Kenmore Hills, an affluent suburb in Brisbane’s west.
The grim discovery was just hours after Wilkes allegedly emailed a colleague outlining her plans, prompting the colleague to request a welfare check from police.
The mother, who lived in Norman Park, was a highly regarded specialist who worked across major hospitals including Brisbane’s Princess Alexandra.
She was also listed as an anaesthetist and pain management expert at the private Wesley Hospital in Auchenflower, where she was described as specialising ‘in Hepato-biliary and liver transplant anaesthesia as well as neuro-anaesthesia’.
According to her Wesley profile, she graduated from the University of Queensland in 2000 with a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery. The page has since been removed.
Dr Wilkes was also a keen hiker and, back in 2014, she participated in the Outback to Icecap trek from Australia to Antarctica as a youth mentor.
Dr Tiffany Wilkes was found dead with her daughter in a luxury Airbnb rental on Monday
She worked as an anaesthetist and was also a keen hiker
CCTV showing Wilkes taking out the bins on the property, 24 hours before her death
CCTV footage obtained by 7News shows the mother calmly taking out the bins on Sunday afternoon, less than 24 hours before police made the heartbreaking find.
The owners of the home, a local family, said they were ‘deeply saddened by the circumstances’ and declined to comment further.
The Airbnb listing was removed on Tuesday morning, while the Stayz page was marked unavailable later that day.
‘We extend our deepest sympathies to all those affected,’ a spokesperson for Queensland’s Metro South Health district said.
The pair had checked into the lavish single-level home on Tinarra Crescent, a property commanding around $1,000-a-night on Airbnb and boasting sweeping views across its 10,117sq m block.
The home, built in 1994, was also advertised on Stayz for $600-a-night and required a five-night minimum stay.
Online, it was described as a ‘private retreat’ offering peace and seclusion.
Back in 2014 Dr Wilkes participated in the Outback to Icecap trek from Australia to Antarctica
The mother and daughter were staying at a $1000-a-night Airbnb in Kenmore Hills (pictured)
The property remains a crime scene, with police still searching the grounds for evidence
Wilkes is understood to have booked the stay months in advance.
On Tuesday, the property remained a crime scene as detectives combed the grounds.
Police have not confirmed the cause of death but are treating the case as a suspected murder-suicide.
No other parties are believed to be involved.
Daily Mail contacted The Wesley Hospital for comment.
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