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14-05-2026
SYDNEY: A body found in New South Wales (NSW) is thought to be that of a man wanted over the murder of three people in a small Australian town in January.
Julian Ingram was on bail for domestic violence offences at the time of the killings of his pregnant ex-partner Sophie Quinn, her friend and her aunt in Lake Cargelligo, about 450km (280mi) west of Sydney. All were shot.
Police said on Monday that a man’s body, understood to be Ingram, was discovered beside an abandoned route 50km (31mi) north-west of where the murders happened.
He was last seen on January 22 and police say the body appears to have been there “for some time”. It was discovered by wildlife officers out eradicating feral pests.
Assistant commissioner Andrew Holland told reporters they have confirmed the vehicle they found was the one driven by Ingram.
“We believe that the identification at the scene, the clothing that the deceased is wearing, would lead us to believe that it is him,” Holland said, ABC reported.
On 22 January, Ingram allegedly shot dead his former partner Sophie Quinn, her friend and a relative of Quinn. Quinn was reportedly seven-months pregnant and was due to give birth to a son in March.
The shootings also seriously injured a 19-year-old man, who has since been released from hospital, according to the police.
Shortly after the shootings, authorities deployed around 100 officers to search for Ingram.
Holland said at the time that Ingram, an employee of the local council, had extensive local knowledge and could “maintain an extended period in the local area without being detected. Lake Cargelligo is located in the centre of New South Wales and has a population of about 1,500 people.
On Monday, Holland said the discovery of what they believed to be Ingram’s body “brings closure to this investigation” and “gives some solace to the town so they can relax”.
A man wanted over the shooting deaths of three people in a small Australian town was on bail for domestic violence offences at the time, police have said.
Authorities are still searching for Julian Ingram, 37, who allegedly opened fire on four people in Lake Cargelligo, about 450km (280 miles) west of Sydney, on Thursday afternoon.
“Our last sightings were on a road out of Lake Cargelligo,” NSW Police Assistant Commissioner Andrew Holland told reporters in an update on Friday.
Local media have reported that one of the people killed was the pregnant former partner of Ingram, 25-year-old Sophie Quinn.
Citing police sources, they say the other alleged victims included a friend of Quinn, found shot dead alongside her in a vehicle.
A relative of Quinn was killed in a second shooting that took place soon after the first incident, which has also left a 19-year-old in a critical condition in hospital.
“All the victims appear to be related to the offender at this stage, and that’s the avenue our investigations will take at this point,” Holland told reporters.
The families of the victims “were not doing well”, he added.
Quinn’s mother, Cathy Quinn, told Nine newspapers her daughter did not have “a mean bone in her”, describing her as “a fun girl to be around”.
Quinn was reportedly seven-months pregnant and was due to give birth to a son in March.
Holland said Ingram, also known as Julian Pierpoint, had never held a gun licence and police are investigating how and where he “gained access to the firearms”. (Int’l Monitoring Desk)
