The Latest Breaking News from Kerrie Struhs

Girl returned to killer parents despite 'cult' warning

A family's extreme religious beliefs against medical treatment were known to authorities years before their "cult" killed a little girl, a coroner has heard.

AAP · Mar 12

14 'Saints' Cult Members Sentenced For 8-Year-Old's 'Slow and Painful Death' After Leader Convinced Parents to Deny Daughter Insulin

Fourteen members of an Australian cult were sentenced for the death of an 8-year-old girl after they denied her insulin at the urging of their leader.

Latin Times · Feb 26, 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

Murder accused to cop: girl 'still not risen' from dead

A religious leader on trial accused of murdering a young child of his followers told police the girl was no longer breathing despite his prayers, a judge heard.

AAP · Jul 23, 2024

Workmate says murder accused 'broken' by family dispute

A murder accused's workmate thought his friend was "torn" between his daughter's health and adopting his family's religious ban on medicine, a judge heard.

AAP · Jul 22, 2024

‘No turning back’: how Elizabeth Struhs’ father went from sceptic to speaking in tongues and alleged murder

Jason Struhs, his wife Kerrie, and 12 other members of Toowoomba religious sect the ‘Saints’ are on trial over the eight-year-old girl’s death

The Guardian - AU · Jul 19, 2024

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

Boss tells murder trial of hard worker's 'brainwashing'

A bakery boss says he feared a valued employee and friend had been "brainwashed" by a fringe Christian group before the man allegedly murdered his own daughter.

AAP · Jul 18, 2024

Mother on trial for girl's death acted on Bible 'facts'

A woman accused of killing her daughter by withholding medication told her prior trial for near-fatal child neglect the Bible's "facts" showed God could heal.

AAP · Jul 17, 2024

Elizabeth Struhs death: murder accused father agreed to testify against wife, trial hears

Jason Struhs said he had been ‘furious’ with his wife after discovering how seriously ill Elizabeth had become, Queensland court hears

The Guardian - AU · Jul 17, 2024