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I Learnt my Dad was a Murderer from TV

Elisha Rose discovered her father was a multiple murderer while watching the TV news. She has spent her life trying to come to terms with his actions.

Elisha Rose was in Sydney, Australia watching the TV news one day when she discovered that her father was wanted for murder. She was 13 years old at the time. She learned that her father had killed five people during the 1980s and 1990s and would be sent to prison for life. She talks to Outlook's Shaimaa Khalil about trying to come to terms with his actions.

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Image: Elisha Rose in a library
Credit: Mayeta Clark

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Wed 15 Nov 2017 07:06GMT

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