Australian mother arrested on suspicion for poisoning her disabled children. Source: 9 News
Police have arrested and charged a Gold Coast mother after a lengthy investigation into the deaths of her two disabled children.
The 51-year-old woman was arrested in the Brisbane suburb of Coorparoo earlier today after new information was provided to detectives suggesting their deaths might be suspicious.
Police will allegethe woman, believed to be from the Gold Coast suburb of Maudsland, was slowly poisoning her 18-year-old daughter and her 26-year-old son before they both died five years apart.
Both of her children were believed to have had severe disabilities.
The woman's daughter died on September 4, 2012, and her body was found at a Plantation Crescent home in Maudsland.
Five years later, on July 18, 2017, the woman's son was found dead at a Fig Court, Upper Coomera address.
Both of their deaths were originally treated as suicide.
Police will also allege a 25-year-old woman was found in the Coorparoo address who had been seriously assaulted on numerous occasions over several years.
