Perth double murder: WA police launch investigation after killer’s daughter claims officers ‘ignored’ warnings

Ariel Bombara said she contacted police three times to raise the alarm' about her father, Mark Bombara, before Jenny and Gretl Petelczyc were shot in their Floreat home

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The Western Australia police force will hold an internal investigation into its handling of interactions with the family of Perth murderer Mark Bombara after revelations thatrepeated concerns were raised before he killed Jenny and Gretl Petelczyc.

On Tuesday, the killer's daughter, Ariel Bombara, released a statement saying she and her mother fled their family home on 28 March in fear of our lives" and to remove themselves from an abusive situation".