The family of Tasmin Bahar – a woman who was killed in Sunday’s suspected murder-suicide – have claimed her husband was abusive and held a knife to the mother’s throat in the weeks before she was found dead.
The woman’s family told Seven News that the 35-year-old had only returned to the Smithfield home she shared with her husband, Dave Pillay, because she was taking her three-year-old daughter to visit her dad on Father’s Day.
It is believed Mr Pillay strangled his wife and then hung himself in a bitter murder-suicide — all while their daughter slept just meters away in a bedroom, reports The Daily Telegraph.
Ms Bahar’s cousin told Seven News that Ms Bahar had left the six-year relationship after Mr Pillay had violently threatened her.
Sifat Sharmin Ruponty said “He (Pillay) took a knife to my niece’s neck and that is when (she) decided she cannot live with the man anymore.”
Police are still investigating are not looking for anyone in connection with the deaths.
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