Folbig's Diaries Were Virtual Admissions of Guilt for the Deaths of Sarah, Patrick and Caleb

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Folbig's diaries were quote virtual admissions of guilt for the deaths of Sarah, Patrick and Caleb. With the latest inquiry underway, Bathurst has stated that he intends to form his own opinion about the evidence. At the first hearings, he will consider the functional genetic findings gathered by scientists since the first inquiry - which they say demonstrates that the calm two variant is pathogenic.

Kathleen Folbigg has spent nearly 20 years in prison after being convicted of killing her four children. But in 2018, a group of scientists began gathering evidence that suggested another possibility for the deaths — that at least two of them were attributable to a genetic mutation that can affect heart function. A judicial inquiry in 2019 failed to reverse Folbigg’s conviction, but this month, the researchers will present new evidence at a second inquiry, which could ultimately spell freedom for Folbigg.

This is an audio version of our Feature: She was convicted of killing her four children. Could a gene mutation set her free?

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