Killer dad John Edwards begged a gun club to fast track his membership in the spirit of Xmas as he sought a licence for the weapon he would later use to shoot dead his two children.
John Edwards murdered his daughter Jennifer, 13, and son Jack, 15, in West Pennant Hills in Sydney s north-west on July 5, 2018.
The 67-year-old killed himself at his rented home near Normanhurst on the night of the murders. Five months later, the mother of the children, Olga, took her own life.
The retired financial planner, who had a history of domestic violence, approached the Ku-ring-gai Pistol Club in December 2016, NCA NewsWire reported.
A killer dad ordered a private investigator to spy on his estranged wife 1.5 years before he gunned down their teenage children.
John Edwards shot dead his daughter Jennifer, 13, and son Jack, 15, in West Pennant Hills in Sydney s north-west on July 5, 2018.
The 67-year-old killed himself at his rented home near Normanhurst on the night of the murders. Five months later, the mother of the children, Olga, took her own life.
Edwards, who had a history of domestic violence, sought the assistance of private investigators to stalk Olga and an adult daughter in the years before his crimes shocked the nation, according to court documents obtained by NCA NewsWire.
Mystery behind evil dadâs horror note Jack, 15, and Jennifer, 13, were killed by their father at their West Pennant Hills home on July 5, 2018.
Crime by Lane Sainty 12th Apr 2021 5:12 AM There are not many mysteries left when it comes to what happened to Jack and Jennifer Edwards. We know too much about the lives of these Sydney teenagers, the violence they suffered at the hands of their father, and the institutions that failed to protect them before he gunned them down in their own home. We know too about the extraordinary grief of their mother Olga, who took her own life in the house where her children died five months later, unable or unwilling to go on without them.
John Edwards, 67, killed his daughter Jennifer Edwards, 13, and his son Jack, 15, in West Pennant Hills in Sydney s north-west on July 5, 2018 in a double murder-suicide that shocked Australia.
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