Hoai Nguyen, who died with her two children in the Georges River on Saturday, had “ups and downs” in her mental health, her husband says.
The heartbroken father and husband of a woman and two children who perished in Georges River in Sydney’s southwest says he is searching for answers as police continue to investigate the tragedy.
“She has bipolar disorder, and she has some ups and some downs. She takes medicine. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t,” he told this masthead.Media have reported detectives are investigating a potential murder-suicide, but Nguyen said police had not discussed those details with him. Police could be seen interviewing him at the site around noon on Monday.
Ella Tran, who has been friends with the Nguyens since the families arrived in Australia from Vietnam 15 years ago, and has two children of similar ages, said Hazel and Mitchell were happy kids who loved the park.Credit:“They loved this river, they loved playing near the water,” she said, adding the children didn’t know how to swim. A week before the tragedy, the family attended a birthday party at the same park where the horrors took place.
A GoFundMe to support Dinh and Macario had raised over $46,000 as of noon on Monday, with contributions also going towards bringing the bodies of Mitchell and Hazel back to Vietnam for burial.Acting Superintendent Luke Scott on Saturday said bystanders acted immediately upon noticing the trio in the water, commandeering boats to help search for the children and allowing first responding officers to use their jet skis.
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