LANE, KELI [viz. Murder Cases: Keli Lane]: Exposed: The Case of Keli Lane TV - Innocence Initiative
She claims that she gave Tegan to Andrew Norris – Norris and his mother – in the hospital, but those people have never come forward. Exposed: The Case of Keli Lane I: Truth & Lies, Sharon Rhodes, ABC 2018
There are so many incredulities that made it inherently unbelievable. ibid. comment
Baby #1 1995: Keli Lane puts her child up for adoption. ibid.
Baby #2 1996 Tegan. ibid.
Baby #3 1999: In May 1999 Keli Lane give birth to a third secret baby, a boy. She decides to put him up for adoption. ibid.
Pregnancy #6: She decides to keep the baby, telling her boyfriend and family that it’s her first pregnancy. Exposed: The Case of Keli Lane II: Missing to Murder
We investigate cases of miscarriages of justice. We believe that Keli Lane is one of those cases. ibid. Innocence Project woman
Yes, I do remember seeing her [Keli]. I just, I didn’t know her name though. ibid. previously uninterviewed neighbour of Andrew Norris
Keli Lane’s mobile phone records for 1996 were never obtained by police. They have all been destroyed. ibid. caption
It’s almost uneblievable that someone couldn’t know that their girlfriend was pregnant. ibid. woman
She [Keli] certainly described Andrew to the police. Iibid. Innocence Project woman
Investigator: Was Keli Lane manufacturing a face?
Expert rozzer imaging artist visits Keli in prison: No, she wasn’t. ibid.
November 2009: After a 12-month review and further police investigation, the NSW DPP charges Keli Lane with murder. Exposed: The Case of Keli Lane III: A Fair Trial
No, we weren’t ready. ibid. assistant defence brief
That gives her a matter of minutes to kill and dispose of Tegan. Somehow, the clock was wound back from 2 p.m. being the accepted time of discharge [nurses’ notes] at Inquest to 12 noon at trial. ibid. Investigator
There is an Andrew and she slept with him several times. ibid. witness not called in court
Keli Lane has agreed to be assessed face to face by forensic psychiatrist Dr Anne Buist … ‘It just doesn’t fit; I can’t find a coherent narrative from a psychological sense, apart from we know she has this capacity to disown her children.’ ibid.
Investigator: Could Tegan be alive?
Dr Buist: Yes. ibid.
On 12 September, 1996, Keli Lane gave birth to her second daughter, Tegan. Two days later at the hospital, she handed Tegan over to the baby’s biological father Andrew, with whom she had had a brief affair. Three years later, Keli gave birth to her son and decided to put this child up for adoption but stated to the adoption workers that this was her first child. A Community Services worker discovered that Keli had given birth twice previously and that while Keli had given her first daughter up for adoption in 1995, there was no trace of Tegan. The police were notified about a missing child and began to investigate. W hen she was interviewed by the police, Keli explained that she had given Tegan to Andrew to care for.
A Coronial Inquest ran from 2005 to 2006 where it was decided that police had searched extensively for Tegan. The Coroner declared that he was satisfied of Tegan’s death and recommended New South Wales police continue with their investigations. Police searches for Tegan and Andrew were not successful and eventually Keli was indicted for murder.
In 2010, Keli Lane was convicted of the 1996 murder of Tegan, and sentenced to 18 years in prison. She will be eligible for parole in 2023. Keli Lane’s conviction was based on circumstantial evidence, with no evidence of a body, death, cause of death or motive, and no witnesses, confession or forensic evidence linking Lane with a homicide. Innocence Initiative online article