Sharpe family murders

Who is Sharpe family murders?

The Sharpe family murders was a March 2004 Australian double murder, in which John Sharpe killed his wife Anna and his nineteen-month-old daughter Gracie, in the Melbourne suburb of Mornington. For his part in the crime, he became generally known as the 'Speargun killer' or the 'Mornington Monster'.

Sharpe repeatedly fired a spear gun into the heads of his victims, and would later exhume the body of his wife, dismember her, then dispose of her body in a landfill. Claiming his innocence, he would later appear on national television in emotional interviews seeking information on his family's whereabouts. Sharpe eventually confessed to the murders and was sentenced in 2005 to two consecutive terms of life imprisonment, with a non-parole period of 33 years. He will be eligible for parole in 2037.