Bullet holes, burnt-out cop car: Inside police massacre site frozen in time
New footage of the Wieambilla property at the centre of the police shooting gives a rare insight into the off-grid lives of conspiracy theorists Nathaniel, Stacey and Gareth Train.
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Almost a year after Queensland’s deadliest police shooting, the site of the massacre at Wieambilla in the Western Downs remains a crime scene - evidence of the December 12 tragedy preserved on the dilapidated block.
The white weatherboard home of conspiracy theorists and killers Nathaniel, Stacey and Gareth Train sits empty.
By the front gate, the charred remnants of a police car – set alight by Nathaniel, Stacey and Gareth – remains, melted rubber from the vehicle’s tyres embedded in the dirt.
Broken garden statues litter the ground beyond the chained front fence.
Aerial footage of the 43ha Wains Rd property gives a rare insight into the off-grid lives of conspiracy theorists Nathaniel, Stacey and Gareth Train, including an abandoned vegetable patch, solar panels and several water tanks.
The property was purchased by Gareth and Stacey Train in 2015 for $95,000 but around the time of the massacre had also been occupied by Gareth’s brother and Stacey’s ex-husband - Nathaniel Train.
The Queensland Police Union said last December it planned to buy the Trains’ property, where constables Matthew Arnold and Rachel McCrow, as well as good Samaritan Alan Dare, were murdered.
The Courier-Mail has been told the property remains a crime scene, however broken security mirrors that once lined the winding driveway and CCTV cameras previously bolted to the tall trees have been removed.
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