{"id":2004892,"date":"2023-08-18T13:24:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-18T17:24:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-zealand-mom-convicted-of-killing-three-young-daughters-faces-life-in-prison\/"},"modified":"2023-08-18T13:25:00","modified_gmt":"2023-08-18T17:25:00","slug":"new-zealand-mom-convicted-of-killing-three-young-daughters-faces-life-in-prison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-zealand-mom-convicted-of-killing-three-young-daughters-faces-life-in-prison\/","title":{"rendered":"New Zealand Mom Found Guilty of Killing Three Daughters, May Get Life Sentence"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnew-zealand-mom-convicted-of-killing-three-young-daughters-faces-life-in-prison%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2004892&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Mother Found Guilty of Murdering Her Three Young Children<\/h2>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-zealand-mom-convicted-of-killing-three-young-daughters-faces-life-in-prison\/\" title=\"New Zealand Mom Found Guilty of Killing Three Daughters, May Get Life Sentence\">heart-wrenching case unfolded<\/a> in New Zealand as a mother, who had recently relocated\u200b to \u200dthe country, was\u200c convicted this week \u200dfor the\u2062 murder of\u200c her three young children. The victims were her 2-year-old twins and their \u200d6-year-old sister.<\/p>\n<p>The 42-year-old mother had previously confessed to killing the twins, Maya and\u200c Karla, as well as\u200b their older sister Lian\u00e8.\u200b However, she pleaded\u200c not guilty to the murders, claiming that she was mentally disturbed at the time. Prosecutors, however, presented evidence that \u200bcontradicted her claims, including disturbing\u2064 phone messages and online searches\u200c in the weeks leading up to the tragic incident, as reported by the Associated \u200cPress.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Most effective overdose \u2064in \u200bkids.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>During the four-week trial, prosecutors \u200chighlighted the woman&#8217;s alarming comments\u2063 about\u200d wanting to harm her \u200cchildren. They\u2064 also revealed her Google search history, which included the query &#8220;most effective overdose in kids.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The family had recently moved\u2064 to New Zealand from South\u200c Africa, \u2064seeking\u2063 a fresh start away \u200cfrom the\u200d difficulties in their home country. Tragically, within days of their relocation, the mother attempted \u200cto use zip ties to end her children&#8217;s \u2062lives. When that failed, she resorted \u200dto suffocating them with pillows \u200dand placing them in their \u2063beds, under the \u200ccovers. She \u200bthen tried to take\u2064 her own life.<\/p>\n<p>Both the woman and her husband were medical professionals. The convicted murderer was a \u200bdoctor, \u200cwhile her husband, Graham, worked as an orthopedic surgeon, according to the New Zealand Herald. Graham discovered the lifeless bodies of\u200c his children \u2063when he returned home from work on September 16, 2021. He expressed shock and claimed to have been unaware of his\u2062 wife&#8217;s capability to commit such heinous acts, citing her struggles with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/months-after-closing-beaches-newsom-smugly-suggests-people-hit-the-sand-for-their-mental-health\/\" title=\"Months After Closing Beaches, Newsom Smugly Suggests People Hit the Sand for Their Mental Health\">mental health<\/a> and\u200c motherhood.<\/p>\n<p>After\u2063 a lengthy four-week trial, the jury deliberated for three days before delivering \u2063a guilty verdict on three counts of murder. Although one juror voted not guilty, New Zealand laws allow for an 11-1 \u2062split decision, as reported by the AP.<\/p>\n<p>As the \u200dwoman \u2062left the courtroom, tears streamed \u2062down her face, mirroring the emotions of the jurors who were also visibly moved by the \u2062tragic events.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1692367770357000&#038;usg=AOvVaw0PjvCHmf-6JEmNrv3nGxwO\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<h3>Advocating for Mental Health\u2063 Awareness<\/h3>\n<p>In the wake\u200b of this devastating\u200b tragedy, the woman&#8217;s parents\u2064 released a statement addressing the loss of their grandchildren and their daughter&#8217;s mental \u200bhealth.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;We would like to encourage families and individuals around the world\u200c to be aware of the symptoms of\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chinese-american-socialite-who-rubbed-elbows-with-hillary-clinton-jumps-to-her-death\/\" title=\"Chinese-American Socialite Who Rubbed Elbows with Hillary Clinton Jumps to Her Death\">post-partum depression<\/a> as early as possible, both for yourselves as well as close family and friends around you,&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>said her parents, Malcolm and Wendy Fawkes.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Detective Inspector Scott Anderson also expressed condolences on behalf \u200cof law enforcement to the family members of the convicted murderer.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Words cannot begin to express the tragic circumstances of this investigation,&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Anderson stated.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The mother now faces a life sentence in\u2063 prison for the\u200c unfathomable loss \u2064of her \u200cchildren.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A mother in New Zealand, who recently relocated, was convicted this week for the murder of her three children &#8211; 2-year-old twins and their 6-year-old sister. Although she confessed to killing the twins, Maya and Karla, as well as their older sister Lian\u00e8, the 42-year-old mother pleaded not guilty, citing her innocence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":126,"featured_media":2004893,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2004892","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2004892","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/126"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2004892"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2004892\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2004893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2004892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2004892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2004892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}