Baby killer Keli Lane hid TWO pregnancies murdering Tegan supporters insist she’s INNOCENT 

Convicted of murdering her own daughter, Keli Lane continues to plead innocence from her jail cell, and a growing number of experts believe she may be telling the truth

Baby killer Keli Lane has pleaded innocence from her jail cell, and a growing number of experts believe she may be telling the truth.

Lane, 43, from Sydney’s affluent Northern Beaches, was jailed for 18 years in 2010 after a court found her guilty of murdering her daughter Tegan two days after giving birth.

Despite her own admission of being a serial liar, Lane is adamant she handed Tegan over to her biological father, with whom she had an affair, in the hospital on the day of September 14th, 1996.

Lane hid five pregnancies while maintaining her athleticism and job as a private school teacher, and maintains nobody was remotely aware, including her boyfriend at the time, who unwittingly fathered two of her children.

Both of those children were legally and quietly adopted out, with her first child born only hours after playing in the grand final of a water polo match and attending the post game festivities.

Lane, 43, was jailed for 18 years in 2010 after a court found her guilty of murdering her daughter Tegan two days after giving birth

Lane, 43, was jailed for 18 years in 2010 after a court found her guilty of murdering her daughter Tegan two days after giving birth

Breaking a 15-year silence, Lane spoke to ABC News in an attempt to clear her name.

‘The lies (about the pregnancies) were around the shame, the embarrassment or the humiliation of the life I was leading, no different to any other young person that makes silly choices or is covering up a part of their life,’ she said.

She also spoke of the three prior pregnancies she had had before Tegan was born, the first two she terminated, and the third was adopted out after she gave birth in secret.

Three years after Tegan was born, she gave birth in secret yet again. 

The two other babies she gave birth to were allegedly fathered by her then boyfriend, rugby player Duncan Gillies, who maintains he was unaware.  

KELI LANE TIMELINE OF PREGNANCIES

March 21, 1975: Keli Lane is born to surfer, rugby player and police officer, Robert and his wife Sandra Lane.

November 1992: Lane falls pregnant with her first child, aged 17 to her boyfriend, Aaron Tyack. She has a termination.

Mid-1994: Lane falls pregnant for a second time. She was allegedly involved in an affair with a married man, and terminates the pregnancy.

Early 1995: 19-year-old Lane gives birth to her first child at King George V Hospital at Camperdown. She had just played in the Grand Final of a water polo competition. The baby is quietly and lawfully adopted out, and her boyfriend at the time, Duncan Gillies is named as the father without his knowledge.

Early 1996: Lane begins her career as a teacher at a private school and continues her water polo career, representing Australia at the World Championships in Canada, where she receives a silver medal.

12th September, 1996: Lane gives birth to her daughter, Tegan Auburn Hospital in western Sydney.

14th September, 1996: Lane alleges she gave Tegan to his biological father, a man by the name of Andrew Norris (or Morris), with whom she had an affair while dating Mr Gillies. She was seen attending a wedding with the latter that afternoon.

February 1999: Lane is 25 weeks pregnant when she attends an abortion clinic in Queensland. They refuse to terminate the pregnancy. 

Mid 1999: Lane gives birth a third time, after five pregnancies. She tells the social worker this was her first child.

1999: DOCS discover Lane’s previous pregnancies. A worker formally files a missing person report for baby Tegan.

December, 2000: Lane is pregnant again, this time to her new boyfriend. 

February 2001: An investigation begins into Tegan’s disappearance. In her first interview with officers, they do not realise she is seven months pregnant.

June 20, 2005: An inquest into Tegan’s disappearance and suspected death begins.

February 2006: The Coroner concludes Tegan is most likely dead and the case is referred to the Unsolved Homicide Squad.

December, 2010: Keli Lane is found guilty of murdering her second born daughter, Tegan. She is sentenced to 18 years in jail.

Lane (right) was only 17-years-old when she terminated her first pregnancy without telling her family

Lane (right) was only 17-years-old when she terminated her first pregnancy without telling her family

A growing number of supporters are beginning to take a closer look at Lane's case, believing she may be telling the truth

A growing number of supporters are beginning to take a closer look at Lane’s case, believing she may be telling the truth

In a series of phone conversations from jail, Lane discussed how she often lost control, which put her in precarious situations and led to the multiple pregnancies.

‘I just think it was a carelessness and a lack of self-protection, wanting to be with someone and wanting to have a relationship,and then drinking a lot. Drinking, and not using the pill correctly, or not asking my partner to use protection, and not having control I think, is the biggest thing.’

She said the life she led often came part and parcel with her road to sporting greatness, in which she hoped to represent Australia in water polo at the 2000 Olympics. 

But she claimed concealing her pregnancies from friends and family was not difficult, saying ‘I don’t even remember really putting that much effort into it.’

Despite her own admission of being a serial liar, Lane is adamant she handed Tegan over to her biological father

Despite her own admission of being a serial liar, Lane is adamant she handed Tegan over to her biological father

Before reaching out to the ABC, she penned a letter to law students at Melbourne university, RMIT, and their lecturer.

The University’s Bridge of Hope Innocence Initiative works on cases from the ground up, sifting through notes, files and evidence in order to re-establish the truth.  

Associate Dean Dr Michele Ruyters told news.com.au her team looks at every fact and testimony, whether it was provided at the trial or not, and stay as objective as possible so as not to miss anything.

‘Keli’s given me a version of events that I find reasonable,’ Dr Ruyters said. 

Dr Ruyter’s statement aligns with criminologist and forensic anthropologist Dr Xanthe Mallett. 

‘At no stage during Lane’s trial for murder could any witnesses be found who had seen Lane murder Tegan,’ Dr Mallet said.

Concealing her pregnancies from her nearest and dearest required minimal effort on her behalf, saying 'I don't even remember really putting that much effort into it'

Concealing her pregnancies from her nearest and dearest required minimal effort on her behalf, saying ‘I don’t even remember really putting that much effort into it’

‘No one saw Lane covered in blood or claimed to see her with tools to dig a grave, or disposing of Tegan’s clothing. Nothing. Being a liar doesn’t mean she’s a murderer.’

Tegan’s body has never been found. 

This, Dr Mallett fears, could set a dangerous precedent in the court of law, in which anybody could be persecuted and found guilty of a crime.

Lane stands firmly behind her initial claim she pestered a man by the name of Andrew Norris or Morris to take full custody of their baby.

She admits the pair had an affair while they were both in serious relationships with other people, but that Mr Norris (or Morris) arrived at the hospital with his girlfriend and his mother, and took Tegan away.

Police never found any record of him. 

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