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Science has faced an unprecedented test in New South Wales this past fortnight, with experts from across the globe called to give their insights as part of the inquiry into Kathleen Folbigg’s convictions.

Secret police recordings of child killer Kathleen Folbigg have been released at the last minute, as an inquiry into her convictions draws to a close.

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A forensic pathologist who conducted a post-mortem on one of Kathleen Folbigg’s daughters said children aged under 12 months may show no signs of smothering.

Kathleen Folbigg’s diary entries helped convict her over the deaths of her four young children, but experts have revisited them as part of an inquiry.

Kathleen Folbigg’s diary entries helped convict her over the deaths of her four young children, but experts have revisited them as part of an inquiry.

Another branch of science – forensic pathology – has come under the microscope at the Kathleen Folbigg inquiry in Sydney.

Dr Monique Ryan and Professor Peter Fleming cast doubt on the proposition Kathleen Folbigg suffocated her four children.

Genetics has been at the centre of the second inquiry into Kathleen Folbigg’s convictions, which is working to determine whether a plausible explanation

A genetic miracle might save her from languishing in prison over the deaths of her four young children, Kathleen Folbigg wrote in 2003.