Esther Arunga's husband, Quincy Timberlake, arrested and charged with murder of his three years old son

The husband of former TV anchor Esther Arunga was on Tuesday charged with the murder of the couple’s three-year-old son. Australian detectives arrested Mr Quincy Timberlake over the death on June 18 this year. The boy, whose name was given as Sinclair, was reported to have died after falling down the stairs but police said a postmortem showed injuries that were not consistent with a fall.

 The Kenyan family lives in Kallangur, north of Brisbane. On June 25, the couple was taken from their home for questioning, a week after their son died on June 18. The couple told the police that the child had been playing with his two-year-old brother when he fell down the stairs.

On Tuesday, Australian newspapers reported that the police charged Mr Timberlake after analysing the “significant” internal injuries that the boy had sustained before he died. Ms Arunga’s parents told the Nation that they had not communicated with their daughter or her husband for three years.

“She has not called me to inform me of anything. I even heard the news of their son’s death from the media. I do not know any other thing,” Mrs Petroline Arunga said. Mr Timberlake’s mother, Rosemeg Wambita, said she was not even aware that her son was arrested on Tuesday.

“I have not spoken with him and he did not even tell me anything about their son’s death. I am very sad and I just want to condole with him and support him but I cannot,” she said, adding that she was seeking to contact the Kenyan High Commission to be connected to her son.