<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Donna Fitchett has died just weeks after being released from nearly 20 years in prison for the murder of her two sons.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Fitchett, 66, was found dead at a property on King Street, Prahan in south-east Melbourne yesterday at 7pm following a welfare check, police confirmed.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police said her death was not being treated as suspicious.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/probe-looking-into-deaths-of-water-polo-coach-lilie-james-and-partner-sydney/b441768b-09c0-4f90-a14a-1b4942f12cd1" target="_blank"><strong><span>Ex-lover 'carefully planned' water polo coach's murder at school</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Fitchett was found guilty of drugging and killing her sons Thomas, 11, and Matthew, nine, at the family's home in Balwyn on September 6, 2005.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>She claimed she killed her sons because she loved them too much and had pleaded not guilty to murder on the grounds of insanity.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The boys' father, David Fitchett, discovered his sons when he returned home from work.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/killer-mother-donna-fitchett-found-dead-weeks-after-being-released-from-prison/0f2543de-c986-4eb8-bc4e-7f0d726f1946" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Prosecutor Gavin Silbert argued during the 2005 trial that Fitchett had planned the killings days in advance.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/surfers-report-feeling-infected-as-yellow-foam-washes-up-on-popular-beach/40aec73e-ec1d-4d43-9bcc-7861228d6736" target="_blank"><strong><span>'Deadly' sea foam infects more than 100 surfers</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Fitchett was sentenced to 27 years behind bars in 2010, with a non-parole period of 18 years, after she successfully overturned her first conviction and sentence of 24 years.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Supreme Court Justice Elizabeth Curtain had described her crimes as "utterly inexplicable".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Fitchett had remained behind bars for close to 20 years before she was recently released.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>Readers seeking support can contact Lifeline on 13 11 14 or beyond blue on 1300 22 4636.</span></strong></div></div>