What is Murder of Dean Shillingsworth?
'''Dean Shillingsworth''' (February 25, 2005 – October 11, 2007) was a 2-year-old boy who was murdered.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Moore |first1=Les Kennedy and Matthew |title=The boy for whom help came too late |url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/the-boy-for-whom-help-came-too-late-20071022-gdrec5.html |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en |date=22 October 2007}}</ref> Children discovered the body in a [[pond]] in [[Mandurama Reserve]] at [[Ambarvale, New South Wales]], Australia on 17 October 2007. The child's body was wrapped in two plastic bags. It was inside a tartan [[suitcase]]. The body had been in the water for a long time, and had started to [[Decomposition|decompose]]. The local police set up a crime scene which was investigated by NSW Police Forensic Services Group. The forensic evidence and investigation led to the boy's mother, Rachel Pfitzner, who lived in nearby Rosemeadow. Police later arrested her. She was charged with Dean's murder and sentenced to 25 and a half years in jail. <ref>{{cite web |last1=ARLINGTON |first1=KIM |title=The Sydney toddler that DOCS failed |url=https://www.gloucesteradvocate.com.au/story/869688/the-sydney-toddler-that-docs-failed/ |website=Gloucester Advocate |language=en-AU |date=10 December 2009}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist|colwidth=30em}} [[Category:2005 births]] [[Category:2007 deaths]] [[Category:2007 crimes]] [[Category:Murdered children]]