Man charged with murder after five people found dead in Perth
A MAN has been charged with murder after five members of the same family, including three children, were found dead at a home in Perth.
Police made the grim discovery at a property on Coode Street in Bedford on Sunday, after a man presented himself to a regional WA police station.
Upon arrival at the home, officers found the bodies of mother Mara Quinn, her three daughters – Charlotte, aged three, and two-year-old twins Alice and Beatrix, along with their grandmother.
A 24-year-old Bedford man has since been charged with five counts of murder over the horrific incident.
He’s due to appear via video link from Karratha Magistrates Court on Monday afternoon.
The man’s relationship to the victims is yet to be confirmed.
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