<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A community vigil will be held tonight for a mother and child found dead at their </span><a href="http://www.9news.com.au/logan" rel="" target="" title="Logan"><span>Logan</span></a><span> home, south of </span><a href="http://www.9news.com.au/brisbane" rel="" target="" title="Brisbane"><span>Brisbane</span></a><span>, yesterday.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/woman-child-found-dead-logan-queensland/2242750c-c029-4aad-bf24-66c3f9be7010" rel="" target="" title="Kate Paterson, 38, and her one-year-old daughter, April, were found dead with stab wounds in the family's Bannockburn home"><span>Kate Paterson, 38, and her one-year-old daughter, April, were found dead with stab wounds in the family's Bannockburn home</span></a><span> after the child's father, 39-year-old Blake Seers, was struck by a vehicle just a few hundred metres away.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Officers responding to Seers' injuries had gone to the home to notify his family but instead found Paterson and April dead with "injuries consistent with an edged weapon", Detective Superintendent Chris Ahearn confirmed yesterday.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/man-missing-from-water-near-houseboat-search-and-rescue-burnett-heads/78215943-eea7-43c2-af27-0bdf380811bf"><strong><span>Search underway for man who vanished off a houseboat amid floods</span></strong></a><span></span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Seers remains in hospital under police guard, after being admitted yesterday in a serious condition.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A ceremony will be held at Belivah Road at 5.30pm (6.30pm AEDT) in honour of the mother and child, according to a local community social media page.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The community is invited to light a light or lay flowers and join a moment of silence.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/queensland-crime-woman-child-dead-bannockburn-community-vigil-logan-news/ffbd0ef7-be54-47f3-b000-b7421e52f7d1" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Yesterday, police said they were keen to speak to Seers as part of their investigation.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Our investigations are focusing heavily on the nature of their relationship and those living arrangements at that house," Ahearn said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Our minds are open as to what's gone on here."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Witnesses said Seers was covered in blood when he ran into oncoming traffic on Beaudesert Beenleigh Road in Bannockburn yesterday morning.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Anyone with information or relevant CCTV or dashcam is urged to come forward to police.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The investigation is ongoing.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><em><strong><span>Support is available from the</span></strong></em><span> </span><em><strong><span>National Sexual Assault, Domestic and Family Violence Counselling Service</span></strong></em><span> </span><em><strong><span>at</span></strong></em><span> </span><a href="https://www.1800respect.org.au/" target="" title=""><em><strong><span>1800RESPECT (1800 737 732)</span></strong></em></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><em><span>NEVER MISS A STORY:</span></em></strong><span> </span><strong><em><span>Get your breaking news and exclusive stories first by following us across all platforms.</span></em></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><ul><li><strong><em><span>Download the 9NEWS App here via</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://apps.apple.com/au/app/9news/id1010533727" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Apple</span></em></strong></a><span> 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