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Subsequently, after being taken to view her child's body, Mrs. Veitch changed her story once more and then stated that it was the child's putative father who killed her. She said his name was "Sam Timaru" and gave contradictory descriptions of his ethnicity as either from
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According to Mrs Eliza Blight, a second witness, Mrs Phoebe Veitch had three children- Herbert (7), Eva (5 or 6), and "Flossie" (Phoebe) (4). Mrs Blight noted that Mrs Veitch was having difficulty bringing up her children and had intended to send her daughter to
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