Samantha Rei Wales

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Samantha Rei Wales

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Birthplace: North Island, New Zealand
Death: June 19, 1991 (8 months)
Rangiotu, Manawatū-Whanganui, North Island, New Zealand (Murdered by babysitter Heather Sylvie Ross.)
Place of Burial: [Lawn A, Block 1 plot 1410], Clareville, Wellington, North Island, New Zealand
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Private and Private
Sister of Emma Kate Wales

Find A Grave ID: 166114096
Managed by: Private User
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About Samantha Rei Wales

1991 & 1993 Heather Ross: Sentenced to 9 years in prison for the manslaughter of Samantha Wales, 8 months and Emma Wales, 9 months, while she was babysitting them in 1991 and 1993 in Rangiotu. Both were originally thought to be cot deaths. Source: https://www.stuff.co.nz/sunday-star-times/features/feature-archive/...

Emma was killed by Heather Ross, two years after the babysitter killed her younger sister, Samantha. She was later convicted of both girls' manslaughter. Source: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/faces-of-innocents/99317527/faces-...

Parents Sherilyn and Evan Wales had entrusted Ross with the care of their children.

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Samantha Rei Wales's Timeline

1990
October 4, 1990
North Island, New Zealand
1991
June 19, 1991
Rangiotu, Manawatū-Whanganui, North Island, New Zealand
June 19, 1991
Clareville Cemetery, [Lawn A, Block 1 plot 1410], Clareville, Wellington, North Island, New Zealand