Father shouts ‘is this really happening’ as he returns home to find three daughters dead

A father cried out “is this really happening” after finding his three daughters dead at his new home in New Zealand days after being released from hotel quarantine, his neighbours have said. Orthopaedic surgeon Graham Dickason ‘wailed’ after finding two-year-old twins Karla and Maya and their older sister Liane, six, at their home in Timaru. Mr Dickason was confronted with the horror at 10pm on Thursday when he returned home after attending a work function at Timaru Hospital.

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