Chilling reason diabetic girl left to die

News.com.au - 15/11
For two years, the people accused of killing Elizabeth Struhs have remained largely silent on what happened in her final hours.

For two years, the people accused of killing Elizabeth Struhs have remained largely silent on what happened in her final hours.

The eight-year-old girl, who had type 1 diabetes, was found dead in her Rangeville home in Toowoomba on January 8, 2022 – lying on a pink mattress the family had moved into the downstairs living room for better ventilation.

Her final, fatal hours are now the subject of one of Queensland’s biggest and most bizarre homicide trials as 14 members of a fringe religious sect known as The Saints – which include her parents, Jason Richard Struhs and Kerrie Elizabeth Struhs, and elder brother Zachary Alan Struhs – stand accused of causing her death.

Jason and Brendan Luke Stevens – the leader of The Saints – are charged with murder.

The 14 people charged over the death of Toowoomba girl Elizabeth Struhs (inset) gave closing arguments during the conclusion of their mammoth trial in September. Picture: Supplied

Kerrie and Zachary Struhs and the other 10 members of the group are charged with manslaughter.

All 14 defendants have pleaded not guilty to their respective charges, and the court is deliberating on a verdict.

Over the course of the trial, the Crown has alleged Jason withdrew Elizabeth’s lifesaving insulin several days before her death as a test of his newly minted faith in God.

Members of The Saints, who have repeatedly professed their rejection of modern medicine and medical treatment, in favour of prayer and the healing powe...
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