A second person accused of the hit-and-run murder of a young mother in Brisbane has been remanded in custody.
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Police say 23-year-old Kiesha Thompson was deliberately struck by a four-wheel drive while walking home on a footpath after dropping her daughter at daycare in Daisy Hill, south of the city, on Friday.
Ms Thompson died in hospital that night.
Queensland Police charged Tyler Scott William James with murder as a domestic violence offence on Monday after he was arrested at Logan Central.
His case was mentioned in Brisbane Magistrates Court on Tuesday.
The 27-year-old Acacia Ridge man did not appear in person in court while his charge was briefly mentioned.
Police alleged James was known to the victim.
James' solicitor, Catherine Stewart, requested that the matter next be heard as a committal mention before Beenleigh Magistrates Court on July 31 with his co-accused.
Police earlier charged 24-year-old Larissa Rita Mae-Leigh Sant with murder but have declined to say if the women knew each other.
But officers did say the incident was not an accident, alleging that Ms Thompson was targeted.
Police say the 4WD was lingering in the area before the crash.
"For that reason we don't believe that it was an unfortunate, random traffic accident," Detective Inspector Chris Knight told reporters on Sunday.
Sant was remanded in custody after her matter was mentioned in Ipswich Magistrates Court on Monday and will next appear in Beenleigh Magistrates Court on July 31.
Magistrate Julian Noud on Tuesday ordered James be remanded in custody with his charge to be mentioned with Sant's at the same hearing but excused him from appearing in person.
The tragedy has left Ms Thompson's family struggling with an "enormity" of grief.
Koby Torto said his sister was taken from the family in a "cowardly act" while her aunt Amanda Matthias called it "horrific and senseless" in a video released by police on Monday.
Her sister, Keyara, said the pain of losing her sibling could not be put into words.
"We are struggling with the enormity of her absence in our life," she said.
Her family vowed to take care of her baby daughter who was "the absolute light of her life".
"We are here to support her (daughter) throughout her whole life," Mr Torto said.
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