3. Anthony Harvey
Anthony Harvey was 25 when he killed his wife, three kids and mother-in-law in Western Australia.
According to Justice Stephen Hall, the women didn’t suspect that their husband and son-in-law would murder them or the three little girls while they slept. However, Harvey kept a journal that detailed how he planned the murders.
A passage from the journal is as follows:
I am no psycho. I feel. I fell too much, I always have… I will regret what I do.
Justice Hall said that the entries in the journal were not a record of dark fantasies.
According to the evidence, Harvey’s wife and mother-in-law were struck in the head with a pipe and stabbed with a large knife. His wife was stabbed 12 times. Harvey’s daughters were killed with a smaller blade than the one he used on their mother. The eldest daughter is stabbed a total of 38 times. The bodies were then covered with a doona with flowers and apology notes.
Harvey lied to cover up her absence to keep his wife’s employer at bay. He later turned himself in 1500km away in Pannawonica at the police station.
Odd Case – Not Domestic Violence In Any Way
What makes this unlike any other case on this list is there were not any decisive domestic violence factors. Harvey said he was not mad at his family and that his marriage was good.
The one thing that came out of it was Harvey’s mental health assessment which revealed he had high-functioning Autism. In addition, the judge ruled that despite the murderer pleading guilty to all five murders, he also had a narcissistic personality disorder. Whether this counts as domestic violence, given there were no signs, is up to the individual to decide.
