Australia has been rocked by a horrific quadruple murder-suicide, after two parents and their two autistic teenage sons were found dead in an affluent Perth suburb.
The bodies of Jarrod Clune, 50, his 49-year-old partner Maiwenna Goasdoue, and their teenage sons Leon, 16, and Otis, 14, were found inside their Mosman Park property on Friday morning.
Emergency services received a distressed call at 8.15am from a care worker who regularly helped the boys - who both had severe, non‑verbal autism - after arriving for a pre‑arranged visit and being unable to contact the family.
It is understood the care worker discovered a note at the home containing words to the effect of 'Don't enter', along with instructions to call emergency services.
When officers entered the property, they discovered all four members of the Clune family dead, along with the family's two dogs and cat.
The bodies were located in different parts of the home, with police indicating the deaths were not violent in nature and that no weapons were used.
Homicide detective Jessica Securo said on Friday: 'Although this investigation is in its infancy, police are investigating this matter as a murder-suicide.'
On Saturday, it emerged a second note, believed to be a letter, helped investigators conclude the tragedy was a double murder-suicide, with the message reportedly outlining plans for the family's finances and suggesting the parents jointly decided to end their lives.
Police have so far not confirmed how the family died, but drone images taken above the property appear to show what resemble bloodstains at the rear of the home, metres from bedsheets hanging to dry on a clothes rack.
A Western Australia Police spokesperson declined to comment on the bloodstains when contacted on Sunday by the Daily Mail.
'This incident remains under investigation and no further comment can be provided at this time,' the spokesperson said.
On Friday, police said the boys both experienced 'significant health challenges', with reports suggesting the family had lost government funding to support one of the boys' disability.
French-born Ms Goasdoue, who was known as 'Mai' to her friends, belonged to multiple Facebook support pages and described her boys as having 'severe' autism.
Close friend Nedra previously told the Daily Mail the couple felt increasingly isolated and unsupported by friends and family, adding that the boys' diagnoses could make life 'difficult and very challenging.'
Referring to the Referring to the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), she added: 'They often felt isolated, unsupported and abandoned by family, friends, support services, schools, the NDIS, the health system and the community in general,' she said.
'No one can understand the endless fight to get the support and services they so desperately needed. Mai wouldn't even put her boys into respite care in case they were mistreated in any way.'
Both boys, and their father, previously attended Christ Church Grammar, a prestigious private boys' school in Perth's western suburbs.
In a 2019 school newsletter, Otis spoke of his favourite hobbies: 'I have liked exploring the river with my friends. I have also liked swimming lessons and trampolining.'
In the same newsletter, Leon spoke about how much he enjoyed spending time with his friends: 'My favourite part of the year was playing with my friends on the oval. This year I learnt how to communicate with my device.'
A teacher who knew the boys told the Daily Mail she was still coming to terms with the murders.
Leaving a floral tribute outside the Clune family home on Monday afternoon, an educator who was teaching one of the boys at the time of his death told the Mail: 'They were kind-hearted boys who just needed to be understood. Next year would mark Leon's graduation from school - that's a big deal. [It shows] just how far he came.'
She said the boys were enrolled in a special-needs school that welcomed and supported them, adding that Christ Church Grammar was not the right fit for them.
'They expelled Otis around two years ago,' she added, explaining that a spitting incident had been the last straw. She further claimed that someone at the school had described him as a 'monster' to his exhausted mother.
Two additional sources confirmed to the Mail that Otis had been expelled.
Christ Church Grammar declined to comment specifically on Otis' expulsion, instead offering a general statement about supporting grieving families and respecting the police investigation.
It's unclear when Leon left Christ Church Grammar, but there is no suggestion he was also expelled. The Mail understands the Clunes had difficulty finding the right school for their sons.
The teacher went on to say that the boys' parents seemed loving and dedicated but would have been extremely sleep-deprived.
'The boys never slept at night. They often slept at school,' she said, adding that sleeplessness is common with severe autism.
While there were difficulties due to their autism, the teacher said the boys also loved their pets Diego and Loretta—who were also killed—as well as Disney movies.
'Leon loved Toy Story, especially the character Woody,' she said.
'Otis loved Finding Nemo and would often bring his Nemo and Dory [stuffed toys] to school which helped him with [his] sensory [issues].'
The educator said the parents did everything they could to support their sons, including taking them to therapy and seeking professional help as far away as Sydney.
Since their tragic deaths, friends and community members have taken to social media to pay tribute to the Clune family, with some venting their frustration that Leon and Otis were not more supported by the NDIS.
'The Clune boys will always hold a special place in my heart - they taught me to think outside the box when it came to working with autism and reminded me that communication is so much more than words,' their autism mentor Maddie Page wrote on Facebook.
A floral tribute including a model ship was placed at Mott Crescent home in Mosman Park.
A heartfelt card left for the Clune family was addressed to the parents and their sons.
'My heart feels unbearably heavy knowing that the NDIS system failed them, and that they were made to feel they had no other choice. There truly was no one like them, and their parents were their biggest, fiercest supporters.'
Another friend, who chose to remain anonymous, described the parents as a 'strong couple' who loved their children 'deeply and moved all the stones they could to ensure that they had the required supports and help.'
'Unfortunately they were fighting a losing battle against a system which is not here to assist,' they said.
'This was not a domestic violence-type murder-suicide.'
'This tragedy arose because two parents were so beaten down by the system, so isolated, so fearful for the future of their children that they could see no other way out.'
Roger Cook, the premier of Western Australia, said that while his government will be focusing on the police investigation for now, there is a need to understand the deeper problems at hand.
'At times like this you ask yourself why? What went wrong? Could [it] have been prevented?
We must now step through the process of undertaking the investigation to get the facts in front of us in order to be able to answer those questions.'