Her Terminally Ill Husband Wanted to 'Go On.' But Police Say She Fed Him Lethal Meds: 'Couldn't Take It Anymore'

An Australian woman allegedly killed her terminally ill husband after he delayed his decision on legal assisted dying, telling his caretaker that she “just couldn’t take it anymore.”

The husband, David Mobbs, told his wife he wanted to “go on” for at least another week before considering his end of life options, according to reporting from The Guardian and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, who cited a judge. 

After an investigation, authorities arrested Kylie Truswell-Mobbs earlier this month and charged her with murdering her husband David at their Alexandra Hills home in December 2023. According to the outlets, Kylie was denied bail.

David suffered from motor neuron disease, plus “aggressive and degenerative” nervous system disorder. It’s typically a terminal disease which, within a few years of diagnosis, rapidly damages a person’s ability to walk and talk, according to the National Institutes of Health. 

At the time of his death, David was in the final stages of the disease and had been bedridden, only able to communicate through a signing board, according to ABC. 

Sarah Dennis, a crown prosecutor, accused Kylie of making three attempts to administer a combination of drugs to Mobbs through his feeding tube on Dec. 5, 2023, for the “sole purpose of killing him,” The Guardian reported. 

“Her conduct was purposeful and determined. It continued over a number of hours through the night … her intent was protracted,” Dennis said, according to the outlet.

Dennis said that Kylie “took matters into her own hands” that night after a meeting earlier that day with palliative care professionals to discuss legal assisted dying, the outlets reported. 

According to the prosecutor, Kylie allegedly chose to administer the first dose while her son and David’s caretaker were out of the house. ABC reported that Kylie told her son and the caretaker what she did after they returned home. 

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Kylie’s lawyer argued in court that she should be granted bail because she has no prior criminal record and hasn’t attempted to flee in the year before he was charged, The Guardian reported. 

Kylie’s criminal defense attorney could not immediately be reached by PEOPLE. She is due back in court to face her murder charge on April 28 in Brisbane magistrates court, the outlets said.