A coronial hearing is told that Travis Cashmore told police he would 'take care' of one of the two men he killed before taking his own life in south-west Victoria earlier this year.
The man behind a double murder-suicide in a rural Victorian town told police he would "take care" of one of the victims two days before the homicide, a coronial inquiry has heard.The directions hearing was told the shooter complained to police about one of the victims' actions two days before the killingsThe matter is not expected to return to court until forensic evidence can be finalised, in the state's south-west, on July 22.
Cashmore's body and a sawn-off shotgun were found at his home a little more than three hours later by his parents. The court heard the police officers did not take Cashmore's comment seriously because it was known that Knowles was "disliked by all" in the community. The court heard that police did not believe the deaths were drug-related, despite references in some sections of the media.
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