Yet few knew of her tragic past - the fact that her own father had stabbed her mother to death four decades earlier. No one who knew Kathleen could believe she had murdered her own children. With his career and credibility on the line, he made the decision to charge Kathleen Folbigg with the murder of her four innocent babies. The diary was the crucial evidence Detective Bernie Ryan had been searching for to confirm his suspicions that the babies had been murdered. Horrified at his wife's ramblings about losing control with the children, her 'terrible thoughts' and her fears she was her 'father's daughter', he took the diary to the police. It only got worse when he discovered Kathleen's diary in her bedside drawer. When the Folbiggs' marriage fell apart six weeks after the death of their fourth child, Laura, Craig was devastated. Each was discovered by Kathleen, their mother, who raised the alarm to her husband, Craig, that they were not breathing. Caleb, Patrick, Sarah and Laura Folbigg died one by one over a 10-year period in similar circumstances - suddenly, unexpectedly and while sleeping. She killed her four children over 10 years. The true story of Australia's worst convicted female serial killer, Kathleen Folbigg.
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