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Faith-healing tragedy: child dies without insulin

A vibrant and happy child, Elizabeth Struhs, eight, endured a slow and painful death after a church group encouraged her parents to deny her insulin.

AAP · Feb 28, 2025

'Cult' members jailed for gambling with child's life

The parents of an eight year old girl have been jailed over the child's "painful" death after a church group gambled with her life and withheld her insulin.

AAP · Feb 25, 2025

'Cult' led family from baptism joy to girl's slow death

A father stood between his wife's belief in shunning medicine and his daughter's need for life-saving insulin before his resolve crumbled amid a family crisis.

AAP · Jan 31, 2025

Girl 'miraculously healed' of diabetes before death

A church group member charged over an eight-year-old girl's death said the child had earlier been miraculously healed of her diabetes, a court has been told.

AAP · Jul 19, 2024

Murder accused 'cult' leader grills teen member's mum

A religious leader accused of murder has cross-examined a witness who confronted him over her teenage daughter spending too much time in his congregation.

AAP · Jul 15, 2024

Group 'singing' as police searched girl's death scene

As police were photographing the body of an eight-year-old girl, members of a church group accused of killing her were singing on the front lawn, a judge heard.

AAP · Jul 12, 2024

Australia religious group members on trial for ‘denying 8-year-old diabetic girl medicine’

Elizabeth Struhs was found dead at her home in Toowoomba after her insulin medicines were allegedly withheld for days

The Independent UK · Jul 10, 2024

We're already labelled: group accused over girl's death

Members of a religious group charged over the death of a girl by withholding diabetes medication say they've already been labelled so "won't seek a jury trial".

AAP · Sep 22, 2023

Murder case of eight-year-old Elizabeth Struhs, allegedly denied care for diabetes, delayed again

A Queensland court hears that four of the 14 people charged over Elizabeth Struhs's death did not receive briefs of evidence due to a miscommunication between police and the prison where they are on remand.

ABC News · Sep 8, 2022

Elizabeth Rose Struhs: Toowoomba religious group members face court over alleged murder of eight-year-old

Queensland police allege Elizabeth died at home after being denied life-saving medication in the belief songs and prayers would heal her

The Guardian - AU · Jul 6, 2022