Sharpe later told police investigators that this pregnancy came as a surprise to him. In November 2003, when Gracie was about fifteen months old, Kemp became pregnant again. Later that year, the Sharpes purchased a house at 116 Prince Street, Mornington. Sharpe practised firing the speargun in the backyard of the couple's residence in order to become familiar with its operation. He had not previously shown an interest in spearfishing. In 2003, Sharpe purchased a high-powered speargun and an additional spear at Sport Philip Marine, a local shop in Mornington. Even after the harness was no longer required, Gracie still had difficulties with feeding and sleeping, for which Kemp sought professional assistance. She cried often and had difficulty sleeping, a situation which appeared to place some strain on the marriage.
Gracie was born with a condition called hip dysplasia, a congenital abnormality in her hips which required orthopaedic treatment by a corrective harness for the first three months of her life. Their daughter, Gracie, was born in August 2002. At the time of the murders, Sharpe was self-employed as a conveyancer. They married in October 1994 and lived together in various locations around the Mornington Peninsula area south of Melbourne. He met his New Zealand-born wife, Anna Kemp, when they worked together at the Commonwealth Bank of Australia.
John Sharpe was born 28 February 1967 in Mornington, Victoria, where he also grew up. He eventually confessed to the murders and was sentenced in 2005 to two consecutive terms of life imprisonment, with a non- parole period of thirty-three years. Sharpe later appeared in emotional interviews on television seeking information on his family's whereabouts. Authorities say Sharpe repeatedly fired a speargun into the heads of his victims, later exhumed the body of his wife from a shallow grave, dismembered her, then disposed of her body in a landfill. The Sharpe family murders refer to an Australian 2004 double murder.Īustralian man John Myles Sharpe killed his pregnant wife, New Zealander Anna Marie Kemp, and their 20-month-old daughter, Gracie Louise Kemp, in the semi-rural Melbourne suburb of Mornington, Victoria, in March 2004. Two sentences of life imprisonment with a minimum non- parole period of 33 years
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