Warning: This story deals with family violence and suicide.
John Edwards, the father who killed his two teenage children on Thursday afternoon, left behind letters to be read after his death, The Daily Telegraph reports.
It has also been revealed by The Sun Herald that the 68-year-old had a family before his marriage to 36-year-old Olga Edwards. One of the letters was for his ex-wife from this previous marriage.
It’s believed he had a daughter and a son from this relationship, and left the family in 2000 or 2001. A source told The Sun Herald Edwards didn’t appear to have any contact with his older children or first partner.
The contents of these letters is currently unknown, however police say the letters support their theory that the murders were ‘planned and premeditated’.
On Saturday afternoon, Olga Edwards requested the first images of her children be released, according to NSW Police.
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Some things need to stay private and I’m hoping those letters do. The family has enough pain to deal with without the exact contents being public. Poor babies and how terrified they must’ve been as it was one of the people they loved most
How awful for those children, in their final moments. They were already frightened of him, their last sight on earth was this monster, their own flesh and blood and their father, hunting them down like animals. It's the only time I wish for a hell, so that scum like this can go there and face judgement.