In 1996, a crime rocked Australia when a mother, brother, and sister were brutally murdered in their New South Wales home.

As investigators delved into the case, suspicions mounted, but the perpetrator remained elusive. Despite attempts to mask the crime as a robbery gone wrong, clues began to unravel the mystery. Strained family dynamics and a cheating husband emerged as potential motives, casting shadows of doubt over the true culprit. So when 17 year-old Matthew de Gruchy was arrested for the murder, the country gasped.

But questions remained as to whether he committed these murders, or whether they were the work of a third party. Was Matthew framed, or was he the unlucky victim of circumstantial evidence?

Join Holly & Matthew as they look through the case, and attempt to figure out why this young man would snap so badly as to kill his mother, brother and sister in their own home.

Sources used: 

• Albion Park Rail teen killer Matthew De Gruchy could snap again, says ex-cop | Cydonee Mardon | 16 Jun 2021 | https://www.bluemountainsgazette.com.au/story/6094631/id-be-worried-ex-cop-says-killer-could-snap-again/
• Before the High Court | Jeremy Gans | 2002 | Sydney Law Review | Vol 24:123 p123-134 | http://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/journals/SydLawRw/2002/4.pdf
• De Gruchy jury is deadlocked | Louise Turk | 14 Oct 1998 | Illawarra Mercury | https://cdn.newsnow.io/35ns5Wme2fedmBqQ6qZE6iD/De%20Gruchy%20IM14Oct1998%20p3.pdf
• De Gruchy v The Queen [2002] HCA 33 | 8 Aug 2002 | NSW Supreme Court | https://staging.hcourt.gov.au/assets/publications/judgments/2002/De%20Gruchy%20v%20The%20Queen%20(S252-2001)%20[2002]%20HCA%2033.pdf
• Killers 'bashed gang rapist brothers'  | Kara Lawrence | The Daily Telegraph | 18 Mar 2009 | https://web.archive.org/web/20090321095455/http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,25205600-2,00.html
• The New Tasmanian Devil — Matthew De Gruchy Massacred His Family | A.W. Naves | 13 Sep 2021 | https://awnaves.com/the-new-tasmanian-devil-matthew-de-gruchy-massacred-his-family-811e79587433
• Triple murderer Matthew De Gruchy working at NSW abattoir | Angela Thompson| Sydney Morning Herald | 22 Apr 2017 | https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/triple-murderer-matthew-de-gruchy-working-at-nsw-abattoir-20170422-gvq5st.html

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