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Authors: Xanthe Mallett
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The four Folbigg children Kathleen was found guilty of killing between 1989 and 1999: Caleb, Patrick, Sarah and Laura.
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A photo of Dean Shillingsworth left at the memorial that sprang up at the pond where Dean’s body was found at Ambarvale.
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A memorial of candles and balloons for ‘Lake Angel’, the name by which Dean became known following the discovery of his body in the pond.
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Rachel Pfitzner is led away from court after being found guilty of Dean’s murder in 2009.
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Kristi Abrahams and Robert Smith face the press after Kiesha’s disappearance.
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Chris Weippeart pictured at his Western Sydney home with his mother, Liz, and a photo of Kiesha.
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Keli Lane leaving the inquest into the disappearance of baby Tegan at Westmead Court, Sydney, in 2005.
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Duncan Gillies, who Lane claimed had fathered Tegan.
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Carol Matthey leaves court on bail after being committed to trial in the Supreme Court in 2006.
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Christine Knuckey, the mother of Carol Matthey who was wrongly accused of the murder of her four children.
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Berthe Climbié, whose daughter, Victoria, was abused and tortured by Marie-Therese Kouao and Carl Manning for months before the child’s eventual death in 2000.
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Gunn-Britt Ashfield, now known as Angelic Karstrom, who murdered her six-year-old son John in 1993.
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Mothers Who Murder
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Mallett, Xanthé, author.
Mothers who murder / Dr Xanthé Mallett.
ISBN 9780857983817 (ebook)
Filicide–Australia–Case studies.
Infanticide–Australia–Case studies.
Women murderers–Australia–Case studies.
Criminal justice, Administration of–Australia–Case studies.
Evidence, Criminal–Australia–Cases.
364.15230994
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