Alicia Schiller: Shock twist after killer was approved for IVF treatment so she can give birth behind bars
A convicted murderer who was allowed to have a baby behind bars through IVF treatments has withdrawn her application after public outcry.
Alicia Schiller, then 26, brutally murdered mother-of-three Tyrelle Evertson-Mostert, 31, on November 9, 2014, in a drug-fueled argument over $50 in Geelong, Victoria.
Schiller was sentenced to 16 years in prison in 2017, meaning her potential child would live with her in the high-security Dame Phyllis Frost Center until she was five.
However, the inmate has since abandoned her plans to undergo IVF treatments after several public and private clinics said they would refuse to treat her.
Concerns were also raised about how much taxpayers would pay for the baby’s care in prison, despite Schiller promising to use her own money from property sales for both the IVF clinic and the costs of escorting her there.
Victoria’s Labor government promised to overhaul the laws around IVF treatment for prisoners, but blocked a Coalition initiative to introduce a bill banning prisoners from undergoing the procedure.
Schiller told authorities that once the child turned five, her mother would raise him, but on Friday the soon-to-be grandmother revealed she did not agree with the plan.
The convicted killer faced a new hurdle after Melbourne IVF, Monash IVF and Victoria’s Public Fertility Service said they would refuse to treat a prisoner.
Alicia Schiller (left) brutally murdered mother-of-three Tyrelle Evertson-Mostert, 31, in a drug-fueled rage in Geelong, Victoria, on November 9, 2014 and was sentenced to 16 years in prison
Schiller (pictured) wanted to undergo IVF treatment to have a child but has now withdrawn her application after several IVF clinics said they would refuse to treat her
Under the Assisted Reproductive Treatment Act, IVF centers can refuse treatment to a patient if they believe the child is ‘at risk of abuse or neglect’.
Tobias Evertsen-Mostert was only 12 years old when his 25-year-old mother Tyrelle was murdered by Schiller – just a year after his father died.
He has previously described Schiller as an “animal” and said knowing she wouldn’t try to have a baby will mean he can “sleep a little easier.”
“It’s fine for now, I just hope she doesn’t try again,” he said.
Under current law, Schiller could be approved for the treatment if she were to reapply.
Evertsen-Mostert does not understand why the government cannot put an end to the possibility of IVF treatment for prisoners.
‘It has the power. It’s not just my family I’m thinking of when I say that, it’s other families who may have to go through the same pain as us,” he said.
“If you committed the crime, you should serve time no matter what it is.”
Tyrelle Evertson-Mostert, 31, (pictured) was killed by Schiller when she took $50 and planned to replace it. Her youngest child, four years old, was home at the time of the attack