Sharpe family murders

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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.

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