Sharpe family murders
The family: Anna, John and Gracie | |
| Date | 23–27 March 2004 |
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| Location | Mornington, Victoria, Australia |
| Cause | Shootings by spear gun |
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| Convicted | John Myles Sharpe |
| Convictions | Two counts of murder |
| Sentence | Two sentences of life imprisonment with a minimum non-parole period of 33 years |
The Sharpe family murders refer to an Australian 2004 double murder.
Australian man John Myles Sharpe killed his pregnant wife, New Zealander Anna Marie Kemp, and their 20-month-old daughter, Gracie Louise Kemp, in the semi-rural Melbourne suburb of Mornington, in March 2004. Authorities say Sharpe repeatedly fired a speargun into the heads of his victims, later exhumed the body of his wife from a shallow grave, dismembered her, then disposed of her body in a landfill.
Sharpe later appeared in emotional interviews on television seeking information on his family's whereabouts. He eventually confessed to the murders and was sentenced in 2005 to two consecutive terms of life imprisonment, with a non-parole period of thirty-three years. He will be eligible for parole in 2037.