Aussie mom imprisoned 20 years in deaths of 4 kids pardoned and freed
Kathleen Folbigg's children died separately over a decade, at between 19 days and 19 months old.
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Kathleen Folbigg's children died separately over a decade, at between 19 days and 19 months old.
Wondering whether she was “her father’s daughter”, Kathleen Folbigg captured years of guilt, revulsion and pain in one sentence.
Kathleen Folbigg, 55, was convicted of three counts of murder and one of manslaughter in 2003 after her babies Patrick, Sarah, Laura and Caleb died in suspicious circumstances between 1989 and 1999.
A woman once branded "Australia's worst female serial killer" has been pardoned after new evidence suggested she did not kill her four infant children.
Extensive scientific and medical evidence proved to be key to setting Kathleen Folbigg free, 20 years after she was convicted of killing her four children.