Murder of Dean Shillingsworth

Dean Shillingsworth (25 February 2005 – 11 October 2007) was a 2-year-old boy who was murdered. Children discovered the body in a pond in Mandurama Reserve at Ambarvale, New South Wales, Australia on 17 October 2007. The child's body was wrapped in two plastic bags. It was inside a tartan suitcase. The body had been in the water for a long time, and had started to decompose. The local police set up a crime scene which was investigated by NSW Police Forensic Services Group.  The forensic evidence and investigation led to the boy's mother, Rachel Pfitzner, who lived in nearby Rosemeadow. Police later arrested her. She was charged with Dean's murder and sentenced to 25 and a half years in jail.