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Support is growing for the grieving mother of a “beautiful, joyful and adored” little boy killed in a “cowardly act of violence” by his father in a suspected murder-suicide. Two-year-old Rowan and his dad James Harrison, 38, were found dead inside a unit in East Lismore, NSW by police alerted when the toddler did not return home from a planned custody visit on Sunday afternoon.
The nature of Rowan’s death shocked the community and authorities, who are treating it as a murder-suicide. “A more tragic event you wouldn’t come across … it’s very sad and that’s a matter now being investigated and a report will be prepared for the coroner,” NSW Police Deputy Commissioner Peter Thurtell said. Harrison was subject to an apprehended domestic violence order taken out by Roome. The father was still permitted visits to see his son.
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