Arrests of members of ‘The Saints’ come after girl’s parents were charged with murder over death in family’s Toowoomba home
Queensland police allege all 12 people arrested were aware of Elizabeth Struhs’ condition and did not take any steps to provide medical assistance.Queensland police allege all 12 people arrested were aware of Elizabeth Struhs’ condition and did not take any steps to provide medical assistance.
Elizabeth Rose Struhs had type 1 diabetes and died in her family’s Rangeville home, west of Brisbane, on 7 January. Police allege her parents, who have previously been charged with murder, began withholding insulin six days earlier.the Courier Mail reportingThe girl’s parents, Kerrie Elizabeth Struhs and Jason Richard Struhs, were charged with murder and torture offences earlier this year.
Detective Acting Supt Garry Watts alleged all 12 were aware Elizabeth’s condition, were present during the course of those fateful six days and did not take any steps to provide medical assistance. He said the religious group comprised of three families and that those arrested included seven women and five men.
Two were in their 60s, a man and a woman, one was a 19-year-old man and the rest were in their 20s and 30s. All were arrested in a Harristown home.
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