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The mother of a two-year-old boy killed by his father in a suspected murder-suicide says she is enduring “incomprehensible grief” after her child’s life was ended “by an evil and cowardly act of violence”. Rowan and his father, 38-year-old James Harrison, were found dead inside a Lismore East Unit on Sunday night by police who had been called when the child was not returned from a planned access visit.
NSW Health worker praises killer dad in staff email Meanwhile NSW Health Minister Ryan Park has distanced the service from an executive employee who labelled killer dad Harrison a “wonderful colleague” in an all-staff email accessed by The Daily Telegraph, just days after the deaths. “This email was completely unacceptable and has caused significant distress to staff,” Park said.
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