EXCLUSIVE: Furious father of girl, 10, allegedly murdered by her cousin, 14, on a rural farm attacks relatives over her death in an emotional tirade - after his daughter went to stay with them for the school holidays
- 14-year-old girl has been charged with killing her cousin, 10, in Gunnedah, NSW
- The tragic incident occurred on a farm in the rural town early Wednesday, July 8
- The young girl was spending a week on her family's farm for the school holidays
- Details of the crime are so disturbing they have been suppressed by a local court
- The victim's father has lashed out at his relatives, saying death was 'preventable'
The father of a young girl allegedly murdered by her 14-year-old cousin on a farm last week has lashed out at her parents, saying her death was 'preventable' .
The 10-year-old was discovered dead inside a home at Gunnedah, in northern NSW, last Wednesday, before her older cousin was arrested at another farmhouse nearby.
Dazed and confused, the alleged teenage killer had walked three kilometres across a wheat field with the sharp weapon allegedly still in her hand.
So disturbing is the manner in which she allegedly killed her cousin that a magistrate has banned any details from being published.
Just days before the incident, the alleged teenage killer had been suspended from her local high school for throwing scissors at a classmate.
The tragedy has divided the two families, with the victim's father launching a furious rant against his sister-in-law and her husband.
A 10-year-old girl was allegedly murdered by her cousin, 14, on a farm in Gunnedah, in NSW, on Wednesday, July 8. The girls, and therefore their family members (pictured), can not be named
The victim's father has lashed out at the alleged killer's parents, saying her death was 'preventable'.
After the victim's mother posted on Facebook stating she did not blame her sister or brother-in-law for the tragedy, her husband launched into a furious rant in response.
'You are deadset unf***ing believable,' the man wrote.
In a separate post the victim's father described his daughter's death as 'preventable'.
'All the news reports state good family from Gunnedah,' he wrote.
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'This crime was completely preventable.'
His emotional tirades followed a post from his wife on her sister's Facebook page.
In it she urged locals in Gunnedah - which has been rocked by the death - to 'show some compassion' to her relatives, who she said she still has a 'deep, deep love' for.
'I love you a lot, our family will get through this together and work through this day by day together,' the victim's mother wrote.
'My sister and her family are going through immense circumstances and I speak for (my daughter) as her mum, and we feel only deep, deep love.
The tragedy occurred on a farm in Gunnedah, with NSW Police and State Emergency Service volunteers called in to help search nearby fields for clues
Forensic police collect evidence from in and around the farmhouse where the alleged murder occurred
Gunnedah, known best for being the hometown of supermodel Miranda Kerr, is about an hour west of Tamworth and 450km from Sydney
The 10-year-old girl was visiting her cousins on the remote farm for a school holiday sleepover
'If everyone including the Gunnedah community can please show some compassion and kindness to my beautiful sister, her husband and family where the tragedy unfolded that would mean a lot.'
The age of the alleged killer and victim mean they, nor any family members, can be named or identified by Daily Mail Australia.
The alleged murder rattled the sleepy country town of around 10,000 people, known best for being the hometown of supermodels Miranda Kerr and Erica Packer.
It was just before 6.30am on Wednesday, July 8, when the older girl's mother walked into their room to check on them before going out to begin work on the farm.
When she returned just half-an-hour later she found her niece horrifically killed and her own daughter vanished.
After allegedly murdering her cousin, the girl is believed to have left the farmhouse just outside town and walked across the property's wheat field.
She then went through a gate and walked about 1km down a main road before turning on to a gravel track leading to the other property, past several enormous piles of hay bales.
The incident shocked the sleepy town of around 10,000 people, known as the 'koala capital of the world'
The area is renowned for its wheat and cotton farming, which is among the biggest in Australia
Police and state emergency service volunteers meticulously searched paddocks and fields for what is believed to be the alleged murder weapon
Sources said she was found 'in a dazed state' somewhere on the neighbouring property and taken into custody by police and charged with murder.
Police and state emergency service volunteers spent Thursday scouring the farm and the route she is believed to have taken to a neighbouring property.
They were looking for the alleged murder weapon, believed to be a knife or axe, but police would not confirm if they found it near the other farm.
A close neighbour a few paddocks down the road was shocked the little girl he remembered playing in the grass was accused of a heinous crime.
'I used to see her and her sister running around the paddock, playing, or with her parents at cattle market,' he said.
'She was always very polite and happy, I never had any qualms with her. How does this happen?'
The teenager did not appear in Tamworth Children's Court (pictured) on Thursday and was refused bail until her next court date on September 16
The deceased girl is from Orange, a town west of Sydney past the Blue Mountains, and also from a locally prominent family.
Police have refused to give details of the girl's injuries except that that were substantial, and the court has suppressed such information anyway.
A post mortem examination was carried out last week and should provide police with more clues about how the alleged murder unfolded.
The teenager did not appear in court on Thursday and was refused bail until her next court date on September 16.
