Dad set for committal on Qld toddler death

Two men will face a committal hearing in April over the death of a Queensland toddler in 2013.

The body of three-year-old Kyhesha-Lee Joughin was found in a house at Petrie, north of Brisbane, in March 2013.

The child's father, Matthew Lee Williamson, and a second man, Christopher Arthur Neville Kent, have both been charged with manslaughter and child cruelty.

A court hearing in 2013 was reportedly told the toddler suffered injuries from trauma and died in squalid circumstances.

During a brief hearing in the Brisbane Magistrates Court on Monday, a committal hearing for both men was scheduled for April 14 and 15.

It's expected 24 witnesses, including medical experts, will be cross-examined during the two-day hearing.

Afterwards a magistrate will determine whether there is sufficient evidence to commit the men to stand trial over Kyhesha-Lee's death.

Williamson is on bail while co-accused Kent is in custody. Neither appeared in court on Monday.