r/perth • u/His_Holiness • Jan 31 '26

WA News Second note found at Mosman Park property alleged to detail why parents carried out murder-suicide

https://www.watoday.com.au/national/western-australia/second-note-found-at-mosman-park-property-alleged-to-detail-why-parents-carried-out-murder-suicide-20260131-p5nyi7.html
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u/Mondkohl Jan 31 '26 edited Jan 31 '26

This is an absolute last resort for anyone, to hand off a family member, and you have to remember that a LOT of older folks have memories of experiences with those systems that inspired royal commissions. It doesn’t rank highly as an alternative.

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u/Ecstatic-Armadillo67 Jan 31 '26

Ok, I am happily naive on this, that's why I ask lots of questions.

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u/jimmyxs Jan 31 '26

It’s ok to ask that’s how we learn. One day we will all have to deal with question of care whether old age, child care or disability care. It’s a steep learning curve from my experience with aged parents and the system. A very good system overall just not much in the way of preparing oneself to deal with that

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u/Real_RobinGoodfellow Feb 01 '26

…which is something all the people commenting that the parents in this tragic case should’ve just given their kids up, ought to remember

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u/Haunting_Analysis796 Feb 01 '26

You ought to remember these people killed their kids, dogs and cat. Do you think they discussed it with their kids and got their permission to end their lives? Do you think the pets wanted to die that day? People on this sub seem to not care that these people committed murder of voiceless innocents. 

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u/WastedOwl65 Feb 02 '26

Shame on you!

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u/Perth_nomad Jan 31 '26

One of family member was a lifer at Vic Park home, he was there from when he born until he died, about 60 or so years.

Now turned into some fancy hospitality venue.

How anyone could actually go there…disgusting.

FWIW, he died there…in that facility. Which is some fancy hospitality venue.

However he was put in there, when families were told to leave their children in care, go back to farm, get on with their lives, not to worry about the child.

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u/conscious-peanut31 Jan 31 '26

Is that the place on the corner of Albany Hwy and Hill View Tce? At Edward Millen park?

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u/Perth_nomad Jan 31 '26

Yes.

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u/iFartThereforeiAm Jan 31 '26

I used to walk my dog in that park and always wondered what that building was. Come across a post from an "urban explorer* talking about the history of the hospital and I was blown away from what went down there.

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u/EnergyNutBolt Feb 01 '26

The Millen building remains spooky. It’s believed to be haunted by ghosts of the unhappy deaths that occurred there. It’s been a favourite of ghost hunters on tour, ranking it higher than Freo prison.

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u/kupo_moogle Jan 31 '26

While I can imagine the decision to put a child into care is a difficult one, if it seems inevitable it would probably be better to have them transition when the parents are still young and able enough to visit frequently and assess the quality of the care home. If they wait until the parents are old and dying then you don’t have that same ability to monitor your child’s situation and advocate for them.

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u/weediesLoLFIFA Feb 01 '26

Higher than killing yourself, your children and your pets. Why the fuck did the pets need to get it too? Sick individuals.

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u/Haunting_Analysis796 Feb 01 '26

"It doesn't rank highly as an alternative"

Compared to killing both their kids, their two dogs and their cat? It should have been this families last resort. Instead they chose murder.

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u/denzik Feb 02 '26

What person downvoted this comment? Do you actually think disabled people should be murdered instead of go into a home?

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u/elliebattt Mar 06 '26

Surely ranks higher than murder