45 | John Walsh: From Axe Murderer to Sandwich Press Killer

When Shelly Walsh dropped her kids off at her dad’s on the evening of 30th June 2008, she had no idea it would be the last time she would ever see her son, daughter, and mother alive. What made an ordinary, loving grandfather in New South Wales, Australia, turn into a mass murderer overnight, killing his entire family without warning?

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Sources:

Alexander, H, Emerson, D, and Kennedy, L, ‘Man arrested after axe murders’, June 2008, The Sydney Morning Herald, https://www.smh.com.au/national/man-arrested-after-axe-murders-20080630-2zfj.html Flanagan, Padraic, ‘Viking fanatic kills lover then smothers son, 4’, January 2009, Express, https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/82051/Viking-fanatic-kills-lover-then-smothers-his-son-4 Hill, Ben, ‘Serial killer, 79, earns another life sentence for 'coldly' bashing his cellmate to death with a Sunbeam sandwich press - inside Long Bay's 'frail offenders' unit’, August 2018, Daily Mail Australia, https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6089041/Man-jailed-killing-wife-two-grandchildren-admits-murdering-fellow-inmate.html Mitchell, Georgina, ‘I work in cold rage: Child killer John Walsh’s glib description of crimes’, August 2018, The Sydney Morning Herald, https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/i-work-in-cold-rage-child-killer-john-walsh-s-glib-description-of-crimes-20180823-p4zzca.html Murderer John Walsh wanted cellmate 'gotten rid of', killed him with sandwich press, August 2018, 9 News, https://www.9news.com.au/national/john-walsh-frank-townsend-murder-bashed-inmate-sandwich-press-2017/d126fd1b-d6fa-40b7-a882-b222f3740901 O’Neill, Marnie, ‘John Walsh: From Cowra axe murderer to Sandwich Press Killer’, August 2018, News.com.au, https://www.news.com.au/national/crime/john-walsh-from-cowra-axe-murderer-to-sandwich-press-killer/news-story/b81566848f8afb02ed770527303006b6 ‘Townsend Cell Killing’, Justice Action, https://justiceaction.org.au/townsend-cell-killing Wells, Jamelle, ‘Sandwich press murderer John Walsh receives life sentence for cellmate’s death’, August 2018, ABC News, https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-08-23/john-walsh-sandwich-press-murder-sentencing/10155464