Teens charged over alleged public stabbing murder of elderly woman

Ipswich grandmother Vyleen White was with her 6-year-old granddaughter at the bottom of escalators in an Aldi carpark when she was stabbed and her car was allegedly stolen just after 6pm.

Officers found Mrs White with "life-threatening injuries" and she was declared dead at the scene after emergency services attempted to revive her, police said.

The 6-year-old granddaughter, who witnessed the attack, was uninjured, police said.

"She was such a selfless woman with so much care for her family and absolutely any one she came into contact with," friend of the family Katherine Lameree said.

"She would hold prayers for anyone who needed them in the moment of need. She would do this even the day of her passing," she said.

A GoFundMe fundraiser was started by Ms Lameree to collect donations for Mrs White's funeral expenses.

Police arrested a Ripley boy, aged 15 years, after he presented at Ipswich Police Station at 9.30pm on February 4. He was charged with one count of unlawful use of a motor vehicle in relation to the alleged stolen car.

A 16-year-old Bellbird Park boy was arrested at a unit complex around 2.45pm on February 5 and charged with one count each of murder and unlawful use of motor vehicle as well as three counts of stealing.

Another 16-year-old Bellbird Park boy was arrested shortly before 3pm on February 5 and charged with one count of unlawful use of a motor vehicle.

A16-year-old Goodna boy was arrested in Riverview around 11am on February 5 and charged with one count of unlawful use of a motor vehicle.

A 15-year-old Bellbird Park boy was arrested shortly before 3pm on February 5 and charged with one count each of unlawful use of a motor vehicle and possessing tainted property.

All five teenagers are expected to appear in Queensland Childrens Courts on February 6.

Police released CCTV footage of four people in a blue 2009 Hyundai Getz with Queensland registration 432 TYO believed to have been stolen after the alleged attack.

The car was seen leaving the Redbank Plains Road shopping centre and was found later at Springfield Lakes and seized for forensic examination.

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