Teen Charged After a Mother, 2 Children Killed in ‘Horrific’ Crime, Victims ID'd

Teen Charged After a Mother, 2 Children Killed in ‘Horrific’ Crime, Victims ID'd
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A teenager has been remanded to a mental health facility after he appeared in court over the triple murder of a mother and her two children in Perth, Western Australia.

Michelle Petersen, 48, and her daughter Bella, 15, and son, Rua, 8, were killed in their family home in Ellenbrook, 32km northeast of Perth, on the early hours of July 15, News Corp reported. Petersen was reportedly a mother-of-five.