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Investigation into the death of
Dr Karen Mahlo

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How did this high functioning doctor and mother of two children come to be found dead with a knife imbedded in her chest

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Dr Karen Mahlo and friend

Examining a suspicious death

Our investigation examines the details of the circumstances surrounding the sudden death by stabbing of Dr Karen Mahlo.

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A Doctor's Death by Central Chest Stabbing Suicide or Murder?

By Russ Scott & Allan Cala

CASE FILES

Dr Clive Fraser (psychiatrist) – Chronology of Events – Dr Karen Mahlo

Chronology of events – Dr Karen Mahlo

Item I – Letter from Dr Fraser to Const Jerry Williams 1 July 2008

Item 2 – Letter from Dr Fraser to Const Jerry Williams 10 March 2009

Item 3 – Letter from Dr Fraser to Det Sen Const Jodie Allan 15 September 2010

Item 4 – QPS Precis of Statement – Filed in the Coroners Court

Item 5 – QPS Precis of Statement – corrected by Dr Fraser on 11 February 2014 (night before giving evidence at Coronial Inquest)

Contested Will of Dr Karen Mahlo

​Affidavit of John Hehir 16 January 2009

Multi-million dollar clash over two wills

Sunshine Coast Daily 7 July 2011

Mahlo v Hehir [2011]

Supreme Court Transcript – Day 1

Mahlo v Hehir [2011]Supreme Court Transcript – Day 2

Mahlo v Hehir [2011]

Supreme Court Transcript – Day 3

Decision of the Supreme Court 19 August 2011

Queensland Police Service Documents

Notes from interview with John Hehir, 28 May 2008

Notes from phone call to Dr Steven Phillips (General Practitioner)

Statement of witness Peta-Lee Staatz

Statement of witness Veronica Went

Response to Rory Callinan Sydney Morning Herald, 22 July 2015

Response to Rory Callinan Sydney Morning Herald, 15 October 2022

Response to Rory Callinan Sydney Morning Herald, 12 April 2025

The Coronial Inquest

Dr Karen Mahlo autopsy report, 29 December 2008

Report on autopsy findings – Dr Linda Iles, 31 January 2014

Inquest into death of Karen Mahlo – Transcript Day 1

Inquest into death of Karen Mahlo – Transcript Day 2

Inquest into death of Karen Mahlo – Transcript Day 3

Findings of Inquest into death of Karen Mahlo Queensland Coroner, 13 June 2014

Application to set aside the findings of the 2014 Coronial Inquest

Reply from the Queensland Coroners Court, 18 May 2015

Correspondence to the Queensland State Coroner, 27 March 2025

Reply from the Queensland Coroners Court, 7 May 2025

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