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Kathleen Donovan was born on 14 June 1967 in Australia. On 8 January 1969, her biological father, Thomas John "Taffy" Britton, murdered her mother, Kathleen May Donovan, by stabbing her 24 times. Kathleen was 18 months old. Her father was arrested the day after the murder, and would go on to serve 15
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No direct evidence of the alleged crimes was ever found, but in the personal diary discovered by her husband and handed over to the police, several entries seemed to suggest she might have harmed, and indeed murdered, her children. She was arrested in 2001 and convicted in 2003, sentenced to 40 years
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and one of the first people in Australia to use genomic sequencing to link diseases to genetic variation, to examine the DNA samples of Folbigg's deceased children. Vinuesa and her colleague, geneticist Todor Arsov, first started with Folbigg's DNA, and both found a mutation in her CALM2 gene. CALM2
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more strongly supported death by natural causes than did smothering, for which no evidence existed. Regarding the expert testimony from 2003, he stated, "In my view, it is wrong to rely on the forensic pathology evidence provided in this case to support the conclusion that one or more of the Folbigg
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The defense pointed out that there were no direct admissions to the killings in Folbigg's journal entries, and that any entries indirectly suggesting her responsibility could be chalked up to a typical grieving mother's guilt. Folbigg appeared genuinely distraught to ambulance and police responders
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Patrick Allen Folbigg was born on 3 June 1990. Craig remained at home to help care for his wife and baby for three months after the birth. On 18 October, Folbigg put Patrick to bed. Craig was awakened by the sounds of his wife screaming and found her standing at the baby's cot. He noticed the child
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with a couple. On 18 July 1970, she was removed from their care and placed into Bidura Children's Home. Two months later, Folbigg moved into a permanent foster care placement. Here she also met her foster sister, Lea Bown. This arrangement lasted until she was a young adult. She left school at the
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announced there would be an inquiry into the convictions, to "ensure public confidence in the administration of justice". "The petition appears to raise a doubt or question concerning the evidence as to the incidence of reported deaths of three or more infants in the same family attributed to
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mutation carried by Kathleen and her two girls altered their heart rhythm, predisposing them to sudden unexpected death possibly precipitated by their intercurrent infections (respiratory tract infection in Sarah; myocarditis in Laura) and/or by medications such as Laura's
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Scientific and medical research suggesting the daughters might indeed have died of natural causes was rejected by a judicial inquiry in 2019. Subsequent research published in 2020 led ninety eminent Australian scientists and medical professionals, in March 2021, to
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made the case that Folbigg did not kill or harm her children and that she did not think that Craig was responsible either. Although prosecution witnesses were concerned about the lack of prodromal (early-warning) symptoms in any of the children, the defence posed
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jury of the following crimes: three counts of murder, one count of manslaughter and one count of maliciously inflicting grievous bodily harm. On 24 October 2003, Folbigg was sentenced to forty years' imprisonment with a non-parole period of thirty years.
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in which she argued that Kathleen Folbigg had been wrongfully convicted on the basis of misleading medical evidence and unduly prejudicial interpretations of Ms. Folbigg's diaries. This book and its conclusions received considerable media attention.
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in mice, with one mutation inherited from their mother and the second one likely inherited from their father Craig. Patrick had epileptic seizures prior to his death. None of the four showed signs of smothering in the autopsy.
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children are the victims of a homicide. There is no merit in forcing certainty where uncertainty exists. The very existence of the enigma of SIDS demonstrates how little we know about why some babies die."
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to the scene. They pointed out that no physical evidence could link Folbigg to murder; it was an entirely circumstantial case with very little consensus among the scientific experts who testified at trial.
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In 2013, a team of lawyers in Newcastle, where the Folbiggs had lived, took on her case. They enlisted several medical experts, including Stephen Cordner, a renowned forensic pathologist at Melbourne's
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On 17 February 2005, the court reduced her sentence to thirty years' imprisonment with a non-parole period of twenty-five years on appeal. Due to the nature of her purported crimes, Folbigg resided in
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alleged Folbigg murdered her four children by smothering them during periods of frustration. Their case relied on the improbability of all four children dying of natural causes, citing the now-dubious
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The other two children, Caleb and Patrick, each carried two potentially lethal genetic mutations in the gene BSN (Bassoon Presynaptic Cytomatrix Protein), which is linked to early onset lethal
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Genetic evidence published in November 2020 showed that at least two of the children had genetic mutations that predisposed them to sudden cardiac death. The researchers concluded that the
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to pardon Folbigg, and providing compelling scientific and medical explanations for each of the deaths. On 5 June 2023, Kathleen Folbigg was granted an unconditional pardon.
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to prevent possible violence by other inmates. Nevertheless, after a transfer of prisons, Folbigg was savagely beaten by another inmate on 1 January 2021.
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In June 2015, Folbigg's legal team delivered an official petition, including Cordner's report, to the Attorney-General's office in Sydney.
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Folbigg's legal team promptly called for a review of the inquiry, citing "bias". The new evidence was presented to the appeal to the
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family, which among other things help regulate the heart's expansions and contractions. Many CALM gene variations are linked with
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In 1999, Kathleen Folbigg had been incriminated by her own husband, but it was not until April 2001 that she was arrested.
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with a non-parole period of 30 years. Folbigg maintained her innocence, however, claiming the four children had died from
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Folbigg. The petition succinctly demonstrated that all four deaths could be explained as the effects of very rare
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age of fifteen, and married Craig Gibson Folbigg in 1987, a marriage that was to end in 2000 with a divorce.
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Caleb Gibson Folbigg, born on 1 February 1989, was known to breathe noisily and was diagnosed by a
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announced another inquiry into Folbigg's convictions. On 5 June 2023 the NSW Attorney-General
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unidentified natural causes in the proceedings leading to Ms Folbigg's convictions," he said.
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During a jury replay of Folbigg's police interview, she attempted to run from the courtroom.
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The Folbigg couple had four children, but one child after another died in early infancy.
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On 4 March 2021, a petition signed by more than 100 eminent scientists, including
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her previous convictions, finding that there was reasonable doubt of her guilt.
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years in prison for murder before being deported to England. Folbigg was made a
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In 2011, an Australian legal academic, Emma Cunliffe, published a book titled
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factors. On 5 June 2023, Folbigg was unconditionally pardoned by NSW Governor
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to consider whether she should be exonerated. On 14 December 2023, the court
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would go unexplained. He died four months later (February 13, 1991) due to
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Three years later, on 22 August 2018, New South Wales Attorney-General
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When the Bough Breaks: The True Story of Child Killer Kathleen Folbigg
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Inside serial baby killer Kathleen Folbigg's violent and tragic life
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for the events such as cot death and, in the case of Laura's death,
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Heath Parkes-Hupton; Jamelle Wells; Ursula Malone (5 June 2023).
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and pardon Folbigg. She was released from prison the same day.
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reported that Folbigg would have her case referred to the
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However, in the 500-page report, released in July 2019,
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advised the Governor Margaret Beazley to exercise the
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The Big Folbigg Mistake: A Mother's Fight for Justice
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Heath Parkes-Hupton; Giselle Wakatama (18 May 2022).
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Index

Balmain
natural causes
petition
NSW Governor
pardon
genetic
Margaret Beazley
ward of the state
foster care
paediatrician
laryngomalacia
Sudden infant death syndrome
cardiopulmonary resuscitation
epilepsy
cortical blindness
apparent life-threatening event
seizures
Thornton
Maitland
Singleton
prosecution
Meadow's law
Roy Meadow
defense
natural explanations
myocarditis
guilty
Supreme Court of New South Wales
protective custody
Monash University

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