The strange case of Dr Karen Mahlo

By Rory Callinan
Updated August 8 2015 - 12:13pm, first published 11:19am
John Hehir and Karen Mahlo in happier times.
John Hehir and Karen Mahlo in happier times.
Mahlo's children, Ben and Anna. Photo: Rory Callinan
Mahlo's children, Ben and Anna. Photo: Rory Callinan
Karen's brother Wade Mahlo outside his home in Orange.  Photo: Steve Gosch
Karen's brother Wade Mahlo outside his home in Orange. Photo: Steve Gosch
Karen Mahlo's personal life was trouble-prone.
Karen Mahlo's personal life was trouble-prone.
Hehir and Mahlo.
Hehir and Mahlo.

The old doctor, whose part-time job was removing pacemakers from corpses (a pacemaker's battery can explode in the high heat of cremation), thought he noticed something odd about the body lying nearby, a woman in her early 50s and a fellow doctor.

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