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Australian father and two children found dead in Bali hotel room in suspected murder-suicide
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An Australian man, Damien John Shaw, 56, and his two Indonesian-born children, a 6-year-old boy and a 4-year-old girl, were found dead in their hotel room on Three Brothers St in Kuta, Bali, on Sunday morning. Police are investigating the incident as a suspected murder-suicide. Hotel staff discovered the bodies after Shaw's wife, who had recently traveled to Jakarta, requested a welfare check. She had heard her children crying and her daughter saying "stop daddy" during a phone call. Workers forced entry into the room and found the three deceased family members. The bodies have been transported to Ngoerah Hospital for an autopsy, which will contribute to the ongoing investigation.
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