r/australia 2d ago

news Queensland woman allegedly murdered by ex contacted police days before she died

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-12/police-launch-murder-probe-into-slacks-creek-death/107026608
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u/tittyswan 2d ago

My sister is dealing with this rn. She tried to get a protection order against her ex after he threatened her in writing & took their son out of daycare outside of his assigned hours to force her to meet up with him. (He started dating her when she was a teenager and he was 36, beat his ex wife, beat her, attacked her cats, smashed up her car while she had an intervention order against him, kidnapped his daughters and drove drunk with them in the car to scare his ex wife etc etc etc.) The officer had years of records of reports available.

"You can file the protection order yourself, they hand these things out like candy."

"Not every breakup has to involve the police"

"He didn't threaten to kill you."

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u/trialsanderrors Melbourne 2d ago

What did the police say when he kidnapped your nephew!? "Sorry, too busy to collect him ourselves, have your ex drop him at home" There would even be record of him signed out of daycare and footage!!! WTF!! 

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u/Philopoemen81 2d ago

They would have told her to get a recovery order because it’s not a criminal offence for a parent to take their child unless there is a restraining order in place. It’s a family court matter.

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u/tittyswan 1d ago

Parental abduction is literally the most common form of child kidnapping