A South Australian mother, named in reports as Helena Wright, died along with her two young children after falling from a coastal clifftop, in what police are treating as a murder-suicide. It has emerged that she reportedly made a "desperate plea for help" to authorities beforehand, raising questions about whether the tragedy could have been prevented and prompting scrutiny of the response she received.

Further details of the case continue to come to light, including the circumstances of her contact with police prior to the deaths and the sequence of events that led to her and her two small children falling from the clifftop into the ocean. The incident has drawn wider attention in Australia, where authorities are examining what warning signs, if any, were missed.