How killer dad John Edwards used private investigators to terrorise his family
16 May, 2021 09:59 PM
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Jack, 15, and Jennifer Edwards, 13. Photos / Supplied
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John Edwards sent detailed instructions to a private investigator on where to find and surveil his estranged wife to see if she meets up with a boyfriend a year and a half before he murdered his children in Sydney, Australia.
Police believe the private eye Edwards spoke to in December 2016 was disgraced investigator Brett Sutcliffe, who lost his licence in 2008 after being busted lying to a 77-year-old woman who later spotted him on TV.
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.