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Body Believed to Be Julian Ingram Found in NSW Bushland

Published 11 May 2026

Police in central west New South Wales have discovered a body believed to be that of Julian Ingram, the 37-year-old man wanted in connection with the January 22 killings of three people in Lake Cargelligo. The remains were found on Monday beside an abandoned Lachlan Shire Council utility vehicle about 50 kilometers northwest of the town, in bushland near Round Hill Nature Reserve and Mount Hope.

Ingram had evaded capture for 109 days following the shootings, which authorities described as a domestic violence-related incident. Police allege that Ingram fired at Sophie Quinn, 25, and her friend John Harris, 32, as they sat in a car on Bokhara Street around 4:30 p.m. Both died at the scene. Ingram then drove to a nearby home on Walker Street, where he fatally shot Quinn's aunt, Nerida Quinn, 50, and seriously wounded 19-year-old Kaleb Macqueen, who survived after hospital treatment. Sophie Quinn was seven months pregnant; her unborn son also perished.

The attack prompted one of the largest manhunts in New South Wales history, under Strike Force Janko. Hundreds of officers, helicopters, drones, and tracking dogs searched more than 60,000 acres of arid outback. A 250,000 Australian...

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