June 03, 2009 08:40am
POLICE say reports that an Ingle Farm man called American police to confess killing his wife before taking his own life were incorrect.
Last night, Elizabeth CIB Chief Inspector Peter Duance said US police informed NSW Crime Stoppers who then alerted SA police.
But police now say they are investingating several calls between the US and Australa, but these were not to officers there.
Officers forced entry into the Derrilin Rd home where they discovered the bodies of a man and woman, both aged in their 30s, about 2pm.
It is believed the Indian couple were married with a daughter, 14, and a son, 10. Police, who collected the children from schools in the area and put them into the care of counsellors, said they could not explain why the deceased man had called U.S police. "None of that has been established, it's very early in the investigation," Chief-Insp Duance said.
Friends of the dead couple who came to the suburban street after being told of the tragedy said they were shocked at the news. A male witness, who declined to be named, said he had known the deceased couple and their children for more than a year.
He said the parents had "a good, strong relationship".
"When you are living away from your country it's important to have a strong relationship," the man said.
"It's very difficult to realise this situation . . . they are a really good family."
He said the woman had been studying in Australia for at least two years before her husband joined her.
She had recently been granted permanent residency and had been working as a registered nurse at an Ingle Farm aged-care home.
The alarm was initially raised when she did not arrive at work yesterday.
The man, a tradesman, and the two children joined their wife and mother from southern India about five months ago.
Nearby residents said they knew the children by sight but had rarely spoken to the parents.
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