
Audio long read: She was convicted of killing her four children. Could a gene mutation set her free?
Nature Podcast
Folbig's DNA Sequencing and DNA Sequing - A New Approach to Genetics
Folbig has always maintained her innocence, and has not stopped fighting for her freedom. In August 2018, after a petition from her lawyers, the Attorney General of New South Wales announced that there would be a review into her convictions on the basis of fresh evidence around multiple cases of unexpected death in the same family. As part of their preparations for the inquiry, Folbig's lawyers approached Corolla Vinueza, a geneticist at the Australian National University, or ANU,. The idea was to see whether she carried any mutations that if inherited by the children might offer an alternative explanation for how they died. A colleague, Todor Arsov, who lived in Sydney, travelled to the nearby