Scientists call for release of ‘Australia’s worst serial killer’ accused of killing his four children

Experts believe that infant mortality is not caused by violence but by rare genetic mutations.

Dozens of leading scientists are calling for the release of a woman known as ‘Australia’s worst serial killer’, arguing that new discoveries in genetics could prove her innocence and explain that her children died of natural causes.

Ninety medical professionals, including two Nobel laureates, have joined the petition seeking the release of imprisoned Kathleen Folbike, who was imprisoned in 2003 for the deaths of her children Caleb, Patrick, Sarah and Laura. 1999. The woman, who had served 40 years in prison, never pleaded guilty.

The Petition It is based on a study that suggests that Folpick’s daughters, Sarah and Laura, have a genetic mutation: a new, as yet undeclared variant of a gene called CALM2, which encodes calmodulin, which is located primarily in the brain.

“Mutations in this gene One of the most recognized reasons In both infant and childhood sudden death, sleep and wakefulness, ”the document reads.

In addition, medical records showed that all four children suffered from a number of conditions: Caleb had laryngomalacia (a disease that causes shortness of breath), while Patrick and Laura suffered from respiratory infections and took medication for antibiotics, such as acetaminophen. Before. The autopsy also revealed that Laura had myocarditis.

“Medications such as myocarditis, pseudoephedrine and influenza Well-established triggers of arrhythmia In children with genetic predisposition, such as the pathogen CALM2 mutation, ”the authors of the application noted.

Corolla Vinusa, a professor at the Australian National University and one of the signatories, Explained In this week’s The Conversation, by re-analyzing Folpix’s genes, researchers recently discovered that Caleb and Patrick had “two different, novel and rare variants” in a gene called BSN.

Experiments in mice have shown that defects in this gene can lead to the development of dangerous epilepsy, where rodents die at a young age during epileptic seizures. Scientists are now conducting further studies on the variants found in the follicle brothers and their health effects, Vinusa said.

A “completely situational” case

Proponents of her case have been working to make the actual transcript of this statement available online. The proponents of her case have been working to make the actual transcript of this statement available online. It is very rare that it is practically impossible“In addition, they insist there is no evidence that the mother killed the children.

Facing these arguments, they consider the government to have “no doubt” that the case against the woman is “absolutely circumstantial” and that she has spent the last 18 years behind bars behind the “judicial error”.

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