A mother has been charged with killing her two children after they were found dead in a suspected murder-suicide attempt.
The two boys, aged nine and eleven, were found at a home on Chapman Parade in Faulconbridge in Sydney’s Blue Mountains shortly before 12.40pm on Tuesday after suffering stab wounds.
Her 42-year-old mother was airlifted to Westmead Hospital in Sydney after suffering apparent self-inflicted injuries to her wrists.
On Friday night, she was charged with two counts of murder (domestic violence).
Photos posted on social media in recent months show the family beaming with joy as they posed for photographs with Santa Claus, enjoyed family holidays and explored the nature around the Blue Mountains.
Just eight months ago, Google Streetview imagery captured children’s Christmas decorations hanging in the front yard of the family’s home.
Retired homicide detective Steve Ticehurst, who lives around the corner from the family, said they were much-loved members of the close-knit community.
A mother has been charged with killing her two children after they were found dead in a suspected murder-suicide attempt.
The family is portrayed in happier times.
A major police response has been triggered in Faulconbridge after the bodies of two young children were found at a house on Chapman Parade.
The children’s mother was rushed to Westmead Hospital in Sydney with knife wounds.
“They seemed like a very happy family, they had lived here for years and no one would have imagined something like this could happen,” she told Daily Mail Australia.
‘They all gathered at the local Christmas street party and seemed like the perfect family.
‘Mom was known to take exercise walks around the area in the evenings and we would always chat for a while.
“There was never any indication that anything was wrong. I couldn’t say anything bad about them.”
Another resident, who did not want to reveal his name, said the entire community was shocked by the incident.
The boy’s father (pictured with his family) found the bodies of his children and his ex-partner.
The mother’s mental health will be part of the police investigation
The bodies of two young children, aged 9 and 11, were discovered at the Faulconbridge home (pictured, paramedics at the scene in western Sydney)
The scene of the incident is just 450 metres from the famous Norman Lindsay Gallery in the Blue Mountains.
Residents said they had not seen the father around “for a while” but that he had once accompanied the children and their mother to local events.
“We used to see her walking her dogs on the streets all the time and with her children,” the local resident said.
‘They were lovely lads.
“You would never think something like this could happen here. It’s a quiet community.”
The children’s father, who is separated from their mother and did not live at the same address, called triple zero when he visited the house and found the children’s bodies and his ex-partner injured..
Shocked neighbours described the woman and her children (pictured) as a truly happy family.
The nine- and 11-year-old boys (both pictured) were found dead inside the home on Tuesday.
NSW Police said officers from the Blue Mountains Police Area Command are investigating the circumstances of the deaths and are receiving assistance from detectives from the State Crime Command’s Homicide Squad.
The 42-year-old mother of two was airlifted to Westmead Hospital in a stable condition.
Emergency crews were called to the property on Chapman Parade at around 12.40pm on Tuesday.
Neighbor Barbara Faith said she regularly saw the two brothers riding their bikes home from school.
“They had their helmets on and were doing the right thing… I thought they were lovely kids,” Faith said. alphabet.
He said there was a huge commotion shortly after noon with about 20 emergency vehicles racing down his street.
“It’s such a quiet neighborhood and such a quiet street that you don’t expect that kind of thing,” he said.
“It’s so sad, I can’t believe this could happen anywhere, let alone on my street.”
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