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Jason Struhs after the death of his daughter.

Daughter left to die: This is the unseen footage

Questioned for hours by homicide detectives, a devout mother said she hoped her lifeless daughter would stand up in front of the paramedics and say, “What are you doing here?”

  • Cloe Read

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Bruce Lehrmann leaving the Magistrates Court in Toowoomba, Queensland, June 17, 2024.

Lehrmann’s lawyers to seek judge-only trial in Queensland rape case

Bruce Lehrmann was last year committed to stand trial over allegations he raped a woman he met at a Toowoomba nightclub on a drug-fuelled night in 2021.

  • Cloe Read
The RNA Showgrounds at Bowen Hills are, for now at least, nominated to host Olympic equestrian in 2032.

RNA fights back as Toowoomba makes bid to host Olympic sport

The RNA Showgrounds has launched its bid to prevent Toowoomba claiming hosting rights for Olympic equestrian events in 2032, after the Darling Downs city formally sought an upgrade of its showgrounds.

  • Cameron Atfield
Police digging at the Chinchilla Weir in their search for the remains of Queensland toddler Kaydence Dawita Mills.

Man jailed for life over toddler’s torture and murder

A man who murdered a two-year-old girl after inflicting severe physical abuse and punishments has been jailed for life.

  • Rex Martinich
Elizabeth Rose Struhs, 8, was a type-1 diabetic, who needed regular insulin shots.

Father cries as church group accused of killing girl gives closing submissions

On Friday the congregation, known as “the Saints”, told a judge the allegations against the members were false, and that they believed the girl would be healed by God.

  • Cloe Read
Elizabeth Rose Struhs, 8, is believed to have died on January 7 with paramedics contacted about 5.30pm on January 8.

Church group on trial had ‘common’ goal to stop girl’s insulin, judge rules

The justice was shown thousands of text messages and emails exchanged between two or more of the defendants in the months leading up to the eight-year-old’s death.

  • Rex Martinich
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A sketch of the 14 defendants in the trial over the death of Elizabeth Struhs, all members of a fringe religious group, as they sat in Brisbane Supreme Court.

Prosecution rests in church trial over child’s death

Prosecutors have completed presenting evidence after nearly seven weeks of hearings. All 14 defendants are self-represented and have refused to enter pleas.

  • Rex Martinich
Elizabeth Rose Struhs, 8, is believed to have died on January 7. Police were contacted the following afternoon.

‘Great pain’ not enough to require help for dying girl

A woman accused of killing eight-year-old Elizabeth Struhs by withholding her medication would not have called an ambulance even if the girl was in obvious pain, a judge has heard.

  • Rex Martinich
Police vision of the arrest of members of a fringe religious group over the death of eight-year-old Queensland girl Elizabeth Struhs.

‘Just Satan having his last go’: Text messages as girl lay dying

Crown prosecutors have taken Justice Martin Burns through more than 5400 text messages exchanged by members of a religious group as Elizabeth Struhs died.

  • Rex Martinich
Police footage of the Toowoomba home after members of the congregation were arrested.

Church group in girl’s death trial claims ‘persecution’

“This isn’t really a trial about murder of a child as it is religious persecution.”

  • Rex Martinich

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