When Catherine McDougall visited her daughter for the last time, she knew something was wrong. In 2007, Chantelle McDougall, 27, and her six-year-old daughter Leela were living in an isolated farmhouse in Nannup, a three-hour drive south of Perth, with self-styled spiritual leader Simon Kadwell. During her visit, Catherine sensed the couple were planning something because a passport arrived in the mail for Leela, although Chantelle hadn’t mentio…
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