Overview
- At a pre-inquest conference, counsel assisting said Queensland Children’s Hospital staff had warned in 2019 that Elizabeth "cannot be safely cared for" in the home where her mother lived.
- Counsel stated Child Safety appeared to have misjudged the risk when the girl was returned home and noted the Intervention with Parental Approval was closed on December 17, 2019.
- The inquest will run October 12–23, 2026 and will scrutinize decisions by Child Safety, Health, Police, Education, and Corrective Services, including parole supervision of Kerrie Struhs.
- The coroner confirmed the hearing will not re‑hear criminal evidence, following manslaughter convictions of 14 members of the Saints faith-healing group over Elizabeth’s death.
- Evidence outlined that Jason Struhs, after pressure to join the Saints, eventually stopped his daughter's insulin in early January 2022, weeks after Kerrie Struhs was released on parole.