The family of Sophie Quinn have spoken publicly after the body of her alleged murderer, Julian Ingram, was discovered by police on Monday afternoon next to an abandoned ute 50km north-west of Lake Cargelligo in NSW.
Since January, police had been searching for the gunman believed to have killed Sophie, her friend John Harris, and her aunt Nerida Quinn, in Lake Cargelligo, 570 kilometres northwest of Sydney.
At the time of her death, Sophie was 7-months pregnant.
Quinn, 25, and Harris, 32, were shot and killed in the afternoon of January 22 when bullets were fired into a dark hatchback on Bokhara St in Lake Cargelligo. Shortly after, Quinn’s aunt, Nerida, 50, was shot and killed at a home in a nearby street.
Her son’s teenage friend, Kaleb Macqueen was shot in the back of the head, his hand, shoulder and leg, but survived with serious injuries. At the time of the shootings, Ingram was on bail for alleged domestic violence offences against Quinn and is believed to have carried out the murders just hours after reporting to a local police station as part of his bail conditions.
Local police had granted Ingram bail last November after his alleged assault around the time he separated from Quinn.
Local resident Dwayne Kirby, who saw Quinn and Harris get shot, questioned why he had been granted bail.
“We’re glad he’s been found, but he should still be alive, so the family can get justice,” he said. “I’m hoping in some way they can.”
So far this year in Australia, 23 women and 8 children have been killed in incidents of domestic violence, according to The RED HEART Movement, the organisation that tracks every known Australian woman and child killed as a result of murder, manslaughter or neglect.
In 2025, 79 women were killed in incidents of domestic violence.
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