Authorities Aware Girl Was at Risk Years Before Her Tragic Death

Authorities aware girl was at risk years before her tragic death

A coroner's inquest into the adequacy and appropriateness of the responses by child safety, health and other government agencies prior to Elizabeth Struh's death is underway.

Coroner begins hearing from witnesses in Elizabeth Struhs inquest

A Queensland coroner will begin examining whether more could have been done to prevent the death of Elizabeth Struhs in 2022.

Authorities Knew Girl Was at Risk Years Before Her Tragic Death

NewsFinale NewsFinale Journal A coroner has heard that child safety officials were warned a diabetic girl faced an extreme risk of death if she was returned to her science-denying, religious extremist mother—two years before the child’s preventable death. Eight-year-old Elizabeth Rose Struhs died at the family home near Toowoomba, west of Brisbane, as her parents, her brother and […]

Doctor warned Elizabeth Struhs would not be safe at home years before religious sect killed her by withdrawing medicine

A medical specialist at the Queensland Children’s hospital warned that Elizabeth Struhs would not be safe at home with her mother years before her parents allowed her to die by withdrawing lifesaving medicine, a coronial inquest has heard. Elizabeth, a type 1 diabetic, died at the age of eight from diabetic ketoacidosis on 7 January […]