The Latest Breaking News from Kathleen Folbigg

Inquiry over deaths of Folbigg's four children resumes

Scientific evidence and Kathleen Folbigg's diaries will be examined in the next hearings of the second inquiry into her convictions for killing her children.

AAP · Feb 12, 2023

Second Kathleen Folbigg inquiry could be a test case for law reform in Australia

A second judicial inquiry is due to resume tomorrow after hearing expert evidence that found baby killer Kathleen Folbigg and two of her children had the same genetic mutation.

ABC News · Feb 11, 2023

Experts blame genetic mutation for Australian girls' deaths

Two genetic experts have told an inquiry in Sydney that a rare genetic mutation probably caused the deaths of two daughters of an Australian woman who was convicted of killing them

The Independent UK · Nov 15, 2022

Rare gene shared by Kathleen Folbigg and two daughters may have contributed to deaths, inquiry hears

Lawyers for convicted mother said if the variant was a factor in the death of her daughters it would create reasonable doubt

The Guardian - AU · Nov 14, 2022

Australian inquiry asks whether mom smothered her 4 children

An Australian inquiry has began investigating whether a woman convicted of smothering her four children to death over a decade ago might be innocent

The Independent UK · Nov 14, 2022

Folbigg's DNA variant 'exceptionally rare', inquiry hears

Her lawyers have submitted the evidence indicates a genetic mutation could be responsible for the deaths of two of the children.

Newcastle Herald · Nov 14, 2022

Kathleen Folbigg inquiry hears experts divided over whether genetic mutation could prove innocence

Almost 20 years after Kathleen Folbigg was convicted of killing her four children, an inquiry is told of new research regarding a genetic mutation.

ABC News · Nov 14, 2022

Next stage of second inquiry into Folbigg convictions due to begin

Folbigg's lawyers have submitted the evidence indicates a genetic mutation could be responsible for the deaths of two of the children.

Newcastle Herald · Nov 13, 2022

Folbigg's DNA variant 'exceptionally rare'

A rare genetic variant affecting the heart is the focus of a second inquiry into the conviction of Kathleen Folbigg, three years on from the first inquiry.

AAP · Nov 13, 2022

Australian mother jailed for baby deaths should finally be cleared, say scientists

Inquiry will hear new evidence of fatal gene mutation that may be to blame

The Guardian - UK · Nov 13, 2022