It was around 3PM on the 4th of July, 2010, when the distinctive smell of gas wafted up the nostrils of residents on Slateford Road in Edinburgh, Scotland. As firefighters were called, some neighbours assembled outside out of fear of an explosion. As they gathered around the neighbourhood, a woman appeared on a second-floor balcony of one of the townhouses. She was inconsolable as she screamed: “My children!”
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“Three children killed in Slateford Road fire tragedy”
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Manchester Evening News, 6 July, 2010 – “Divorce Riddle of Dead Children”
The Daily Record, 17 July, 2010 – “Find Missing Mum and Three Kids”
The Herald, 17 July, 2010 – “Concerns Increasing Over Missing Family”
Associated Press, 5 August, 2010 – “Deaths of 3 Children Suspicious”
Edinburgh Evening News, 5 August, 2010 – “Mother Screamed ‘My Children’ and Then Jumped”
The Sunday Mirror, 5 August, 2010 – “3 Tug of Love Kids’ Suspicious Deaths”
Edinburgh Evening News, 5 August, 2010 – “Stunned Residents Rushed to Woman’s Aid”
The Guardian, 5 August, 2010 – “Police to Question Mother of Three Dead Children Found in Edinburgh Flat”
The Bakersfield Californian, 6 August, 2010 – “Bakersfield Native Under Suspicion in Scotland Deaths”
The Sunday Mirror, 6 August, 2010 – “Task no Dad Should Face”
Edinburgh Evening News, 6 August, 2010 – “Family Say Threat of Losing Kids Was too Much for Mum”
The Express, 6 August, 2010 – “Child Death Horror”
The Scotsman, 6 August, 2010 – “The Mother Who Doted on Her Perfect Children”
The Bakersfield Californian, 7 August, 2010 – “Mother Charged with Kids’ Deaths in Scotland”
Daily Star, 7 August, 2010 – “My Children Will Always Come First”
Edinburgh Evening News, 7 August, 2010 – “Counselling for Family as Mum Charged with Murder”
The Express, 8 August, 2010 – “Distraught Grandparents to Stay United Despite Killings”
The People, 8 August, 2010 – “Fall Mum’s Web Dates”
The Express, 10 August, 2010 – “Death Case Mother Too Ill to Face Court”
Daily Post, 12 August, 2010 – “I’m Paralysed with Grief Over Death of my Kids”
The Guardian, 20 August, 2010 – “Funeral Tributes Paid in Edinburgh”
Blairgowrie Advertiser, 24 August, 2010 – “Mother Faces Child Murder Charges”
Associated Press, 7 March, 2011 – “American Woman Pleads Guilty to Killing 3 Children”
The Independent, 7 March, 2011 – “Mother Child Killings a Tragedy”
The Daily Record, 8 March, 2011 – “Stabbed 8 Times Each by Mum”
The Daily Telegraph, 8 March, 2011 – “Say Goodbye to Your Children”
The Express, 8 March, 2011 – “There Was no Sign of Tragedy to Come”
The Daily Record, 5 April, 2011 – “It’s Our Duty to Stand up for these Children”
The Daily Record, 8 April, 2011 – “Where are My Kids’ Ashes?”
Associated Press, 27 April, 2011 – “US Woman Who Killed 3 Children Jailed for 16 Years”
The Independent, 27 April, 2011 – “Mother Jailed for Killing Children”
The Express, 4 December, 2011 – “Fury at US Call to Protect Child Killer”
Edinburgh Evening News, 10 March, 2011 – “Child Killer Theresa Riggi Found Dead”
Edinburgh Evening News, 12 March, 2014 – “Theresa Riggi Family say Killer Finally at Peace”
