On 3 November 2016, it is alleged that 79 year old John Frescura shot and killed his 68 year old wife Janice Frescura and their 50 year old daughter Robyn before trying to kill himself in their Booral Fraser Coast home. Janice and Robyn Frescura were the 56th and 57th women killed by known or suspected male violence in 2016 in Australia.
It is reported that John Frescura called police to confess to the killings.
Emergency services took John and Janice Frescura to hospital and both have since died.
Our thoughts and condolences go to the Frescura family’s extended family & friends.
News links:
- https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/33089324/booral-reports-of-triple-shooting-on-qlds-fraser-coast/#page1
- http://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia/two-dead-one-injured-in-shooting-on-queenslands-fraser-coast/ar-AAjMQB2?li=AAgfYrC&OCID=HPDHP
- http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-11-03/fraser-coast-shooting-three-people-dead/7991432
Background:
The summary of women killed in 2016 listed by sex of known or presumed perpetrator is located here. Unsolved cases of the death or disappearance of women are also listed on this page.
At the time of posting, 93% of the alleged killers of women in Australia in 2016 were male (63 of the total 68 alleged perpetrators), with 12 missing or dead women on the watch list. 95% of women were killed, where known, by male perpetrators (or male and female perpetrators).
The count of women killed by known or suspected male violence in a Australia is jointly undertaken by Reclaim the Night Perth and Women Shout Out Australia.
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