Sep 24, 2026 · 1 hr 9 min · 13 segments
She went through 17 rounds of IVF to have her three daughters. Then one night she put cable ties around all three of their necks. This is the case of Lauren Dickason. Learn more about your ad…
Emma KennyHost
Now, on the day that the children horrifically lose their lives, Carla and Maya had actually attended their first day at preschool.

And then, as mothers do, she does the school run, and it turns out that on that particular day, Carla, through a tantrum in the car.

We know that later that same day, the family visit the local botanical gardens, which should have been a nice trip.

But during that trip, Dickerson alleges that a group of girls had basically warned her that a boy in the park was photographing her children.

And apparently this led to her believing that New Zealand, which we all know is a beautiful place and it's very safe for the most part, but in her mind was now becoming just as dangerous as South Africa.

Now that same day, according to Dickerson, she had apparently had thoughts of brutally killing, that's what she said, brutally killing the children.

And she was going to do this by means of sedating them and also cutting their femoral arteries.

Now, she obviously didn't have this conversation with her husband because I'm sure that the last thing he would have thought of doing was to go out with a friend.

She will tell the story that later on that night, the kids were basically being wild again, as she put it.

On the whole, they don't think about the noise that they're making or the mess that they're making they're being kids they're in the wonder of childhood so very often when you're a little bit exhausted or maybe frustrated or maybe you've got things going on in your world it's not ideal when they're throwing cushions at you and you're standing on lego but as a parent you understand that's part of being a parent's job But she doesn't like that.

Now, on the day that the children horrifically lose their lives, Carla and Maya had actually attended their first day at preschool.

And then, as mothers do, she does the school run, and it turns out that on that particular day, Carla, through a tantrum in the car.

We know that later that same day, the family visit the local botanical gardens, which should have been a nice trip.

But during that trip, Dickerson alleges that a group of girls had basically warned her that a boy in the park was photographing her children.

And apparently this led to her believing that New Zealand, which we all know is a beautiful place and it's very safe for the most part, but in her mind was now becoming just as dangerous as South Africa.

Now that same day, according to Dickerson, she had apparently had thoughts of brutally killing, that's what she said, brutally killing the children.

And she was going to do this by means of sedating them and also cutting their femoral arteries.

Now, she obviously didn't have this conversation with her husband because I'm sure that the last thing he would have thought of doing was to go out with a friend.

She will tell the story that later on that night, the kids were basically being wild again, as she put it.

On the whole, they don't think about the noise that they're making or the mess that they're making they're being kids they're in the wonder of childhood so very often when you're a little bit exhausted or maybe frustrated or maybe you've got things going on in your world it's not ideal when they're throwing cushions at you and you're standing on lego but as a parent you understand that's part of being a parent's job But she doesn't like that.
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