Woman charged with murder following the death of a two year-old girl found at Kingsley Pond in East Hampshire.

A woman arrested following the death of a two-year-old girl who was found at Kingsley Pond, East Hampshire in September 2023, has today (Tuesday 4 March) been charged with murder.

Alice Mackey, 42, of Gibbs Lane in Oakhanger has been remanded into custody to appear at Basingstoke Magistrates Court on Wednesday 5 March 2025.

We were called at 5.02pm on Sunday, 10 September 2023 to a report that two-year-old Annabel Mackey had gone missing from her home on Forge Road in Kingsley.

Annabel was found a short time later, unresponsive, at Kingsley Pond. She was taken to hospital in a serious condition, where she died on the afternoon of Monday 11 September.

Detectives from the Major Crime Team, carried out the investigation into Annabel’s death and her movements before she was located at Kingsley Pond.