Gold Coast mother Maree Crabtree faces court accused of killing children by drugging them for financial gain
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It is alleged Maree Crabtree used the deaths of her children to claim insurance payouts.
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A Gold Coast woman accused of killing two of her children and forcing them to take prescription medications for several years for financial gain told a lot of lies , was very controlling and also allegedly drugged one of her son s girlfriends, a court has heard.
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Witnesses say they suspected their food and drinks were being poisoned
About 100 witnesses are expected to give evidence over the next three weeks
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Mom Murdered Her Two Adult Children for Insurance Payouts, Police Say
On 3/16/21 at 1:40 PM EDT
A mother accused of murdering her two disabled adult children is alleged to have killed her son and daughter for a million-dollar insurance payout.
Maree Mavis Crabtree, 54, forced her then-18-year-old daughter Erin and 26-year-old son Jonathan to take prescription medication which caused an array of health and developmental problems and eventually led to their deaths, Australian police allege.
Erin was found dead in the Maudsland, Queensland, home she shared with her mother in September of 2012. Crabtree was reportedly on a cruise at the time.