The Horrific Singh Spa Bath Murders

Words by Anjana Boppana

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The Horrific Singh Spa Bath Murders

As Shirley and Vijay Singh boarded a plane to Fiji in 2003, after bidding their children Neelma, Kunal, and Sidhi farewell in their family home in Brisbane, they didn’t realize that they would be leaving a house that would soon turn into one of the most horrifying crimes scenes Australia has ever seen.