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Australian family murder-suicide in Bali

Overview

An Australian man, identified as 56-year-old Damien John Shaw from Fremantle, was found dead alongside his two children, aged four and six, in a suspected murder-suicide at a bungalow in Legian, Bali.

Initial reports from Bali Police indicated that the children may have died from suffocation or strangulation before Shaw died by suicide. The incident was discovered after Shaw’s wife, who was in Jakarta, raised an alarm following a phone call in which she heard her daughter crying.

Subsequent investigations revealed that the wife witnessed the events unfolding via a live security camera stream on her phone. After the death of their six-year-old son, Archie, the footage reportedly showed Shaw chasing his four-year-old daughter, Laura, as she attempted to escape. The wife was able to remotely adjust the camera angle to view the living room during the incident. The family noted that Shaw had suffered from severe anxiety.

Entities

Legian · Damien John Shaw · Bali · Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade · Perth

Timeline

  1. 2 days ago

    [CRIME] 3 sources
    Bali murder-suicide claims lives of Australian man and two children

    An Australian man, Damien John Shaw, killed his two young children before committing suicide in Bali. His wife witnessed the incident via a live security camera stream from Jakarta.

  2. 4 days ago

    [CRIME] 4 sources
    Australian man and two children found dead in Bali murder-suicide

    An Australian father and his two young children were found dead in a suspected murder-suicide at a villa in Legian, Bali. Police are investigating the deaths of the 56-year-old man and his children.

Sources

brisbanetimes.com.au · internewscast.com · myjoyonline.com · perthnow.com.au · smh.com.au · thebalitimes.com · thenightly.com.au