Autopsies on Perth children confirm poisoning

Odacia Cadogan

Autopsies performed yesterday on the bodies of four-year-old Odacia Cadogan and her sixteen- month-old brother Jabar Cadogan who died last Thursday after they were allegedly fed poison by their mother, found that the cause of death was due to insecticide poisoning.

Their mother, Awena Rutherford, remains a patient at the Georgetown Public Hospital under police guard. An aunt of the woman said that she was not sure when Rutherford was going to be discharged but that her condition was not improving.

According to reports, on Thursday Rutherford  pick-ed her children up from their aunt at