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Katie Perinovic was found dead in her Melbourne home along with her three kids. Police believe that Mrs Perinovic was responsible for all of their deaths.
A mother found dead in a Melbourne home alongside her three children is believed to be responsible for all four deaths, police in Australia have confirmed. Police arrived at a suburban home in Tullamarine about 12.20pm yesterday afternoon to find the bodies of 42-year-old Katie Perinovic and her three children Claire, aged seven, Anna, five, and Matthew, three. The father of the children and Perinovic s husband Tom Perinovic, 48, raised the alarm. He spoke with police and was released without charge last night.
"We cannot understand how this could have happened to Katie”. Neighbours in shock after a mother and her three children were found dead in their Melbourne home.
News by Frances Vinall and Angie Raphael 15th Jan 2021 6:48 AM A mother and her three children found dead at a property in Melbourne s northwest have been identified. The bodies of 42-year-old Katie Perinovic, her two girls Claire, 7, Anna, 5, and three-year-old son Matthew were found inside the home on Thursday afternoon. Her husband, Tomislav Perinovic, 48, was also at the Tullamarine site on Burgess Street, police said. We understand the three children were siblings. We also understand the three children were that of the female that was found deceased, Acting Deputy Commissioner Robert Hill told reporters. The Perinovic family. Picture: Supplied We also understand the male was the husband of the deceased female, and the father of the three children.
Melbourne homicide: Father s harrowing call after mum, 3 kids found dead at home
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More details have emerged after a woman and her three young children were found dead inside their Melbourne family home on Thursday.
Emergency crews found the bodies of 43-year-old Katie Perinovic and Claire, 7, Anna, 5, and Matthew, 3.
The 48-year-old father of the children, Tomislav Perinovic, made a frantic and distressing emergency call and was found by paramedics sitting in the front yard of the house.
Perinovic is being treated as a person of interest and has given his account of what happened to police.
When asked by reporters if Perinovic was a suspect, they declined to describe him as such. He is a person of interest and assisting police with their inquiries, Victoria Police acting Deputy Commissioner Robert Hill said. “But we should not draw any conclusions at this point in time. If I was to do so, it would be grossly unfair. Australian police have not ruled out the possibility that the deaths were the result of a murder-suicide. Hill would not comment on the nature of the injuries to the deceased. Neighbours said Perinovic (nee Blazevic), who worked as a physiotherapist in nearby Glenroy, had grown up in Tullamarine, and had close family living nearby.