Name: Taye Cockman.
Age at death: 13.
Name: Rylan Cockman.
Age at death: 12.
Name: Arye Cockman.
Age at death: 10.
Name: Kadyn Cockman.
Age at death: 8.
Died: May 11, 2018.
Cause of death: Multiple homicide.
Location: Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
Disability: Autism; Rylan also had chronic pain.
Non-disabled victims: Cynda Miles, age 58; Katrina Miles, age 35.
Details:
Arye, Kadyn, Rylan, and Taye were all killed by their grandfather in a mass murder-suicide. Their mother and grandmother were murdered in the same event.
The family lived on a farm, where the four children were home-schooled, and were working on making the farm self-sustaining. They grew vegetables and even built their own dam.
The four children all kept journals, and Taye, the oldest, was becoming an accomplished writer. All the children were working on learning to swim.
Case status:
Peter Miles (Grandfather), deceased.
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