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Morning Cup of Murder

A Family Murdered - May 5 2023

Morning Cup of Murder

Morning Cup of Murder

Society & Culture, History, Documentary, True Crime

4.7723 Ratings

🗓️ 5 May 2023

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

May 5th: Lian Bin Xie Arrested (Lin Family Murders) (2011) Motive can’t always sway a jury. On May 5th 2011 a man was arrested for the murder of a family. A case in which a jury, despite motive, could not agree on if the man was guilty or not.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lin_family_murders_(Australia), https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/06/robert-xie-had-sexual-motive-for-murdering-lin-family-crown-alleges, https://www.cybgen.com/news/cases/New-South-Wales-v-Lian-Bin-Robert-Xie.shtml, https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-02-15/robert-xie-loses-appeal-over-lin-family-murders/13154644, https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/wife-of-alleged-lin-family-murderer-lian-bin-robert-xie-accused-of-lying-20150709-gi8vqz.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

There were two more murders, 15 miles away.

0:02.6

When police arrived, they found the telephones and electricity lines.

0:06.0

We have a weird homicide.

0:08.8

A scene described by one investigator as reminiscent of a weird...

0:12.9

A cop of murder...

0:15.0

Motive can't always sway a jury.

0:17.9

On May 5th, 2011, a man was arrested for the murder of a family, a case in which a jury,

0:24.7

despite motive, could not agree on if the man was guilty or not. In the early hours of July 18, 2009,

0:34.1

a man entered a family home in North Epping, New South Wales, and slaughtered everyone inside.

0:41.0

The victims were 45-year-old newsagent proprietor, Min Lin, his 43-year-old wife, Yon Lin,

0:48.2

their sons, Henry 12, and Terry 9, and Yon's sister, 39-year-old Irene Lynn. The only survivor from the Lynn family

0:57.8

was 15-year-old Jun Brenda Lynn, who had been away on a school trip. She had learned about her family's

1:05.1

massacre from Facebook. Each member of the family had been bludgeoned to death and lay there until Min Lin's sister,

1:12.9

Kathy, and her husband, Leon Bin, Robert, Jehe, discovered the bodies when they went to see why the

1:19.3

news agency had not been opened for the day. Kathy immediately called for an ambulance, while Robert

1:25.2

left to pick up Min and Kathy's parents who lived in the

1:28.5

Maryland's. Everyone was pronounced dead at the scene, and there was nothing that anyone could do

1:34.5

for the Lynn family. Investigating the scene to try and find answers, police noticed the heavy

1:40.4

blood splattering from the floor to the ceiling. Each victim's face had been so badly beaten

1:46.0

and disfigured that it took forensics to initially identify them, and with no evidence of a break-in,

1:52.3

they started to consider that whoever the killer was, they likely knew and had a vendetta against

1:58.5

the Lynn family. They knew the house layout well enough to find the

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