‘He was a ruthless manipulator’: Floreat murderer’s daughter addresses inquest
Ariel Bombara testified at an inquest regarding the 2024 murder of her mother's friend and daughter by her father, Mark Bombara. She criticized police handling of previous warnings and described her father as a manipulative abuser.
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Share A A A The daughter of a man who tied up and then shot a mother and daughter in their Floreat home 2½ years ago has addressed an inquest into the deaths, stating he was “deeply rooted in bigotry, racism, homophobia and misogyny”.
Ariel Bombara read a statement to the court on Friday on the last day of a five-day hearing into how 63-year-old Mark Bombara carried out the double murder in Floreat in May 2024 before turning the gun on himself.
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