Forensic officers comb the Bent Street house on Monday.Credit:Darren England/AAP
Though police allege that 43-year-old Mark James Dunn murdered the girl two days earlier,"on or about"Saturday,May 23,court documents show.
Officers declared a crime scene on arrival and cordoned off the street for much of the day on Monday,with about 10 police cars and two ambulances descending on the home.
Parents with students at nearby Cannon Hill Anglican College were directed to drive over the back oval of the college to meet and collect their children.
In an email,the school assured parents there was"no reason to be fearful of any threat"to the campus.
"Your children are safe and are being kept totally unaware of the police presence outside the college,"the message said.
Mr Dunn,born in Auckland,was charged with one count of murder on Monday night.
The case was heard briefly in Brisbane Magistrates Court on Tuesday,though Mr Dunn was not required to appear.