An Australian expatriate in Bali was found dad with his two young kids in an apparent murdr-su!cide after a haunting final phone call with his wife in which his daughter was heard screaming stop daddy. Damien John Shaw, 56, str@ngled his 6-year-old son and 4-year-old daughter before h@nging himself in their bungalow in Kuta on September 13, 2026, police said. His wife, who had been traveling 600 miles away in Jakarta, called a neighbor to check on her family after she heard her terrified daughter crying and saying stop daddy.
Residents of Bali found Shaw h@nging from a rope with the b0des of his kids stacked on top of each other. CCTV footage revealed a horrifying sequence of events. It shows the son screaming from inside the bungalow while the terrified daughter runs outside before Shaw drags her back in, police said in statements relayed by Bali Eyewitness News. Kuta Police have spoken with the victims wife, but progress was limited as she remains in deep shock and grief, Denpasar city police official I Gede Adi Saputra Jaya told reporters.
The couples marriage had been on the rocks for years, and Shaws wife had left to her parents house two weeks before the daths, she told police. Neighbors in Shaws home town of Perth, where the family previously lived, described them as a private but peaceful family, according to the Australian. He was very private but never caused any trouble, we always exchanged pleasantries, a neighbor told the Australian.
Shaw had attempted su!cide around a month before the tragedy. His wife intervened, but the family did not seek psychiatric treatment police said.The post Dad k!lls his young kids, then himself after horrifying call to their mother with the kids screaming "stop daddy" appeared first on Linda Ikeji Blog.
