Australia - Family of four dead plus pets in murder-suicide, Mosman Park, WA, 30 Jan 2026

[iamshadow21]

There is no excuse for taking the life of a disabled person | Broadview Magazine

We should show no mercy for people who commit 'mercy killings'

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[Lisbeth_S]

Has there been any reports that this was likely a "mercy killing"?
I have tried going back to read the MSM articles but I have not found it....have I missed it?

 

[iamshadow21]

Disability expert slams 'dangerous narrative' of Mosman Park teen deaths

Australia's disability discrimination commissioner condemns "dangerous narratives" surrounding the deaths of teenage brothers Leon and Otis Clune, saying the burden of disability should never be a justification for family violence.

www.abc.net.au

 

[ChatteringBirds]

Australians in particular, what is your take on the help available?

On another topic, I do wonder why they didn't just leave the boys in a safe place if they themselves didn't want to go on. But it does not sound like the notes they left behind will be released.

 

[iamshadow21]

Australians in particular, what is your take on the help available?

On another topic, I do wonder why they didn't just leave the boys in a safe place if they themselves didn't want to go on. But it does not sound like the notes they left behind will be released.

In my opinion, the help available is not relevant. Millions of families care for disabled family members, with or without support, and manage to do so without murdering them.

One of the links I have posted in the thread talks about how this kind of murder is often all about displaced anger. Killing the children was the whole point, in my opinion, and killing themselves was to avoid consequences. Killing the pets is less straightforward, but some family annihilators do kill the family pets as well.

MOO

 

[Fantastic]

I take that to mean they found no gun or knife. I suppose that leaves overdose, poison, carbon monoxide, smothering, which I'd have thought if used to kill someone would still be classified as a weapon.
It has been reported as a double murder-suicide meaning the children and pets were killed then the parents entered a suicide pact.

I was thinking about this aspect too. The police said no weapons were used, but then how were blood stains reportedly seen, at the back of the property?

Quote:
"Their bodies were located in different parts of the house and police had indicated the deaths were not violent in nature and that no weapons had been used."

'Bloodstains' found at double murder suicide property

Deep red marks were seen at Mosman Park property after two teenagers are suspected of being killed by their parents in a double murder-suicide.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[iamshadow21]

I was thinking about this aspect too. The police said no weapons were used, but then how were blood stains reportedly seen, at the back of the property?

Quote:
"Their bodies were located in different parts of the house and police had indicated the deaths were not violent in nature and that no weapons had been used."

'Bloodstains' found at double murder suicide property

Deep red marks were seen at Mosman Park property after two teenagers are suspected of being killed by their parents in a double murder-suicide.

www.dailymail.co.uk

It's the Daily Mail. It could just as easily be something unrelated like paint or ochre in the soil and have nothing to do with the murders of the children or the pets. They've just speculated based on drone footage.

MOO

 

[Fantastic]

It's the Daily Mail. It could just as easily be something unrelated like paint or ochre in the soil and have nothing to do with the murders of the children or the pets. They've just speculated based on drone footage.

MOO

Perhaps, I'd say unlikely, although pixelated, it looks like a pool of some dark liquid. According to the article, quote "a spokesperson for West Australian Police would not comment on the suspected bloodstains when contacted on Sunday." That suggests to me police are not denying there's blood there.

There could be an innocent explanation, like a head wound or other injury that occurred on impact, such as a fall after death, then bled out. That'd be consistent with what the photo seems to show.

 

[jepop]

I was thinking about this aspect too. The police said no weapons were used, but then how were blood stains reportedly seen, at the back of the property?

Quote:
"Their bodies were located in different parts of the house and police had indicated the deaths were not violent in nature and that no weapons had been used."

'Bloodstains' found at double murder suicide property

Deep red marks were seen at Mosman Park property after two teenagers are suspected of being killed by their parents in a double murder-suicide.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Watch out for the DM and the misinformation it often generates IMO via headlines. If you read the article it is clear to me that this is just pure speculation by the writer and/or editor. Clearly sensationalist as per usual IMO and short on established fact. Moo

The article uses the term "suspected blood" then offers some pixilated video image as if the editors are afraid to offend their readers, lol. Moo the pixilation adds to the sensationalism and that is its purpose. It conveniently also makes it impossible for the viewer to see what in h* they are actually talking about, again that seems to be the point. Moo.

I would speculate that the video image has been pixilated precisely because a clear shot would show that ain't blood. But who knows ...

And suspected blood by whom? Well...the DM. Not the police. It is the DM who 'suspect' blood, not the police or anyone involved in the investigation.
Truck load of salt. Moo

 

[Sueco]

Not at all, Mosman Park is one of Perth's most affluent suburbs. The house they lived in is beautiful, and one of the boys went to Christ Church Grammar School, one of Perth's top private schools.

Mosman Park deaths: Family, including two children, dead in suspected double murder-suicide at Mott Close

A mother, father and their two teenage sons, as well as the family’s pets have been found dead in one of Perth’s most affluent suburbs as police investigate a suspected double murder-suicide. LATEST UPDATES.

www.perthnow.com.au

Wherever you live or whatever you do, you can always come into financial trouble. It can happen to anyone anywhere.

 

[MelmothTheLost]

There are indeed too many cases where a parent just can't face forever with a special needs child, or a child with huge medical challenges, and I can personally understand the parent becoming paralyzed to go on. But then they should let someone else care for the child...

Isn't that part of the problem, ie the parents believing that nobody else could love or care for their kids as well as they could, so if they, the parents, feel unable to continue doing so then there is (from their point of view) only one logical course of action?

 

[iamshadow21]

Isn't that part of the problem, ie the parents believing that nobody else could love or care for their kids as well as they could, so if they, the parents, feel unable to continue doing so then there is (from their point of view) only one logical course of action?

That's a rationalisation family annihilators use whether their kids are disabled or not. They want to kill themselves but they don't want the kids to exist without them because they might be unhappy, so they choose the horrific certainly that the kids don't exist at all. And we don't give those parents a pass.

It's ego and narcissism and control pretending to be altruism.

There's nothing altruistic about murdering children.

MOO

 

[MelmothTheLost]

That's a rationalisation family annihilators use whether their kids are disabled or not. They want to kill themselves but they don't want the kids to exist without them because they might be unhappy, so they choose the horrific certainly that the kids don't exist at all. And we don't give those parents a pass.

It's ego and narcissism and control pretending to be altruism.

There's nothing altruistic about murdering children.

MOO

Which is why I wrote from their point of view.

 

[iamshadow21]

Which is why I wrote from their point of view.

I was agreeing with you, and pointing out that it isn't exclusive to those with disabled kids. It's a hallmark of family annihilators. So those who do it to disabled kids aren't acting any differently to those who kill nondisabled kids. Which is why challenging the narrative is important.