Tanja was only 23, he was 41 and two babies. I'd like to know how they met and how long they knew each other. Being German the isolated farm life is a far cry from the busseling lifestyle she left.
Was it an online relationship and was she homesick?
Times get tough on the land with droughts and if you are not used to the isolation it can be difficult.
The is a high rate of farmers who suicide because of the stress of running a farm, theirs was a big farm and from photos on MSM it appears to be desolate.
I wonder if he had depression as many farmers can. How many recently have murdered their family and then suicided.
They're property is 410 square kilometres, an almost inconceivable amount of land for police to search.
Have a look at how dry and desolate the land is behind the 'happy, smiling couple'.
Yunta is on the Barrier Highway south west of Broken Hill.
A bloody harsh life.
Yunta village facilities include a hotel offering meals and accommodation, two roadhouses (one with caravan sites), two fuel stations, post office, Rural Transaction Centre offering internet access, police station, air strip and a primary school. A rest area with public toilets is located opposite the hotel.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yunta,_South_Australia
I think she'd probably booked a flight, and when she didn't arrive the relative reported her missing.
Its weird because yesterday I looked up Oulnina Park and everywhere I can find says it is owned by the Francis Family, particularly Maurice Francis
I never had any indication from her or Michael that they were unhappy or under any sort of pressure other than the usual normal frustration that comes with parenthood. It’s just so sad,” Ms Lewis said.
The devoted mother, who police said may have been considering leaving Mr Burdon, was “an adoring mother” who was “extremely mature for her age”, Ms Lewis said.
The probable murder-suicide is not the first tragedy for the Burdon family. Michael’s brother Mark took his own life in May 1997, and his father Peter died after a brain tumour in April 2014.
http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/...h/news-story/ab0abec8c32f51cfbe0886fda1e623eb
Hello Trooper, How uncanny is that ... Your entire post echos all my own thoughts .... to a T.
Both brothers commit suicide. Or are prematurely deceased. No details as to their demises.
Michael owns and is familiar with gun and possibly archery stuff.
Michael not pleading with Police and Social media for safe return of his "beloved wife."
Did he lose the plot when his father died?
PS I completely concur with your last paragraph regarding dismissing this and that, including the couple being so in love etc.
PPS What sort of person commits suicide when Police start to focus on missing wife?
PPPS That his children don't appear to deserve his considerations bespeaks much of Michael's personality type.