Key facts
- The bodies of a 47-year-old man and his six-year-old daughter were found in Sydney's Parramatta River.
- Police suspect the incident was a murder-suicide, with a suicide note found.
- The man may have deliberately thrown his daughter into the water from a boat.
- Officers were alerted by a friend of the man expressing welfare concerns.
Police are investigating the deaths of a father and his six-year-old daughter, whose bodies were recovered from Sydney's Parramatta River on Saturday. Authorities believe the incident was a murder-suicide, with a suicide note and other evidence pointing to the father deliberately throwing his daughter into the water from a hired boat before his own death.
Officers were alerted around 11:45 a.m. on Saturday after reports of a man's body floating in Hen and Chicken Bay, Concord. The 47-year-old man was retrieved from the water but could not be revived. Following reports that a young girl had also been present, a search was initiated, leading to the recovery of her body.