- Following last week's story of Kathleen Folbigg, who found herself accused of killing all four of her own small children, part 2 reveals the investigation which led to her conviction and 40 year jail sentence.
- Part 2 of the story of Kathleen Folbigg, the bewildered little girl who grew up to find herself accused of killing all four of her own small children, Australian Story continues to reveal the long and difficult investigation which led to her conviction and 40 year jail sentence. The conviction made the 36 year-old New South Wales woman Australia's worst female serial killer. When police read extracts from Kathleen's diary, they say they knew they had a murder investigation on their hands. But they were warned they would never be able to prove it. Detective Inspector Bernie Ryan, interviewed Folbigg for nine hours in 1999 and took her first taped conversation about her children's deaths in the 10 years since the first occurred in 1989. Determined to find the truth, and working with scant police resources, he pursued the case single-mindedly for four years, helped by Folbigg's once doting sister, Lea Bown. Bown is revealed as a woman devastated by the part she felt compelled to play in the investigation torn between her loyalty to her sister and her duty to her dead nephews and nieces - children she adored. Now she is actively campaigning and lobbying politicians for the establishment of a national database of SIDS deaths to try to ensure that any anomalies are picked up early and investigated.—Australian Story
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