Man, 32, charged with murder of three family members in Sydney home

A man has been charged with murder after three members of one family were killed in what police say was a “horrendous” scene in a southwestern Sydney home.

Emergency services found two people dead and a third critically injured after they were called to a house on Juliet Close in Rosemeadow about 1.30am on Sunday.

Two men, aged 64 and 30, were found with injuries inside the house.

The 64-year-old man was transported to Liverpool Hospital in a critical condition, where he died.

The 30-year-old was also injured and has been released from hospital.

A 32-year-old man, understood to be a son of the family, was arrested and was taken into police custody.

He has since been charged with three counts of murder and one count of attempted murder.

He was refused bail and is due to face court on Monday.

Police confirmed all five people were members of the same family.

Commander of Campbelltown city police area command, Superintendent Grant Healey, said officers were confronted with a “very grisly scene”.

“Blunt force trauma is always horrendous for people to confront, any weapon attack is always horrendous to confront,” he said.

“It’s a very extensive crime scene, so we haven’t recovered a weapon at the moment, but we’re systematically working through the granny flat out the back and then we’ll go through the house.”

Emergency services found two people dead in a house on Juliet Close in Rosemeadow, Sydney. Photo / NewsWire, Damian Shaw

Healey said the family were not well known to police and have never interacted with police in relation to domestic violence.

He was not willing to give any information regarding what police believe happened in the home before the deaths.

“It’s very early in the investigation, so I can’t speculate,” he said.

Healey was unwilling to confirm reports the attack was carried out using a hammer as investigators are yet to recover the weapon.

“Whilst we can say it’s a hammer, we’ve got to be 100% sure. We’ll take our time and investigate it properly,” he said.

Superintendent Grant Healey said police were confronted with a “very grisly crime scene”. Photo / NewsWire, Damian Shaw

He did confirm no firearms were used but said they believed multiple weapons may have been used based on the injuries.

“...Looking at some of the injuries, we suspect there may be more than one style of weapon,” he said.

“We think that there’s a bladed weapon involved, as well.”

A third son has been confirmed as the fourth person injured in the assault.

The 61-year-old woman was located first by police who took her into the yard and tried to administer first aid.

They then went back inside the house and found the 64-year-old man who was still alive but had serious head injuries that he later died from.

A 37-year-old man was later found dead in a granny flat at the back of the property.

A critically injured 64-year-old man died after being taken to Liverpool Hospital. Photo / NewsWire, Damian Shaw

The 32-year-old man arrested at the scene was taken to Campbelltown police station.