{"id":872682,"date":"2026-08-29T13:04:15","date_gmt":"2026-08-29T13:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/872682\/"},"modified":"2026-08-29T13:04:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-29T13:04:15","slug":"kathleen-folbigg-mum-wrongfully-convicted-of-killing-her-four-kids-weds-childhood-friend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/872682\/","title":{"rendered":"Kathleen Folbigg: Mum wrongfully convicted of killing her four kids weds childhood friend"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kathleen Folbigg<\/a> is starting a new chapter three years after her release from jail, marrying her childhood friend Robert Muir in Newcastle, NSW on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Folbigg\u00a0was once dubbed Australia\u2019s worst serial killer after being wrongfully convicted of killing her children four children<\/a> Caleb, Patrick, Laura and Sarah.<\/p>\n

\"Kathleen<\/p>\n

Kathleen Folbigg has married her childhood friend Robert Muir.\u00a0Supplied<\/p>\n

The mum spent 20 years in jail before her convictions were overturned in 2023, after new scientific evidence was found in a landmark 2018 inquiry.<\/p>\n

Folbigg\u00a0and Muir have known each other more than 40 years, having first become friends in their school days in Newcastle.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is the most amazing day of my new life – to be married to a man long-lost but now found,\u201d Folbigg said in a statement confirming the nuptials.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur friendship has spanned on\/off for decades. To reconnect with Rob, and to find love, respect and understanding with him again after 45 years is incredible.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

The mum spent 20 years in jail before her convictions were overturned in 2023, after new scientific evidence was found in a landmark 2018 inquiry.\u00a0Nine<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd yet, somehow, it feels completely natural – as though it was always meant to be.\u201d<\/p>\n

The couple were married in an intimate ceremony surrounded by close friends, family and members of Folbigg\u2019s legal team.<\/p>\n

Also in attendance were members of Team Folbigg, the informal group of scientists, legal experts, philanthropists and close friends who helped overturn the wrongful conviction.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo be able to celebrate this new chapter of my life with my family, and all the adopted family I\u2019ve gathered along the way, means the absolute world to me,\u201d the bride added.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt really is the ultimate.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Kathleen<\/p>\n

Folbigg (pictured in 2004)\u00a0was once dubbed Australia\u2019s worst serial killer after being wrongfully convicted of killing her children four children Caleb, Patrick, Laura and Sarah.\u00a0Anita Jones\/Nine<\/p>\n

In an official photo released by the newlyweds, Folbigg is seen wearing a beaded strapless gown, while Muir is wearing a traditional tuxedo for the occasion, which is understood to have taken place at Fort Scratchley Function Centre. <\/p>\n

Kathleen\u2019s ex-husband and father of her four children, Craig Folbigg, died of a heart attack in 2024, a year after Kathleen was acquitted on all charges over the deaths of her four infant children between 1989 and 1999.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kathleen Folbigg is starting a new chapter three years after her release from jail, marrying her childhood friend…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":872683,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-872682","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/872682","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=872682"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/872682\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/872683"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=872682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=872682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=872682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}