Tributes flow for siblings named in suspected murder-suicide
Tributes are flowing for two young siblings who died in a suspected double murder-suicide by their mother in Perth.
Abiyah, 10, and Aiden Selvan, eight, were found dead in the back seat of a car at John Graham Reserve in Coogee, west of the city, on Monday morning.
Their heartbroken father had left for the US on Sunday and arrived back home in Perth on Wednesday after hearing the devastating news.
Principal Bill Innes of Providence Christian College and students at the children’s school remembered the siblings with messages and flowers.
“You can never prepare for something like this,” Principal Innes told 7News.
“We’re still numb, it’s still sinking in. To see those faces, it’s not easy.”
A bulletin board was offered to the students to write their messages to Abiyah and Aiden.
Abiyah was described as being the “brightest light of the world” from one of her fellow classmates.
“Remember I always love you. It pains me to know I will never see you smile, touch you, laugh with you, and even wave to you,” another of her friends wrote.
“Your secrets! Don’t worry, I won’t tell anyone in honour of you. I will never forget you. See you in heaven,” another student wrote.
A message dedicated to Aiden simply read, “I will miss you.”
Tsaparah Tabernacle, the church the family attended was in a “state of shock” when news spread of the suspected double murder-suicide.
“We don’t have an understanding of what’s going on, we are puzzled and completely shocked at this stage,” a church spokesman told The West Australian.
The homicide investigation continues.
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