Doctors treating Elizabeth Struhs recommended involuntary mental health assessment of her mother, coroner hears
Summary
Doctors wanted Elizabeth Struhs’ mother to have a forced mental health check because she believed her daughter’s diabetes could be cured by faith, not medicine. Despite this, child safety officers sent Elizabeth back to live with her mother in 2019; Elizabeth died in 2022 after her father stopped giving her insulin.Key Facts
- Elizabeth Struhs had type 1 diabetes and needed insulin to survive.
- Her mother, Kerrie Struhs, believed prayer would heal Elizabeth instead of medicine.
- Doctors urged child safety officers to stop Elizabeth returning to her mother, calling her beliefs “delusional.”
- Child safety officers returned Elizabeth to live with her mother in 2019 against doctors’ advice.
- Elizabeth nearly died in 2019 after a diabetic coma but was released home.
- In 2021, her father Jason joined the mother’s religious group, which rejects medical treatment.
- Jason stopped Elizabeth’s insulin in 2022, leading to her death at home.
- Both parents were convicted for neglecting Elizabeth’s medical needs; Kerrie was jailed.
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