This bug is resolved by fixing two things in
gtk_tree_model_filter_row_deleted():
(1) It is possible for an elt to have elt->visible_siter == NULL, when
it is deleted. Only call g_sequence_remove() if this pointer is
non-NULL.
(2) For the case len (level->seq) > 1, free the elt->children level
if non-NULL. Failing to do this means the level will stick around.
If this child level was not referenced, it will still have a zero
ref count on its parent which cannot be removed!
For both bugs unit tests have been added in the preceding commit.