Qld police shootings: Daughter of cop killers returns to property

The daughter of the cop-killing Train family has returned to the scene of the massacre, revealing her last communications with her parents.

Madelyn Train at the family property in Wieambilla. Picture: A Current Affair

The daughter of the cop-killing Train family has returned to the Western Downs property where Queensland’s worst police shooting took place, revealing her final communication with her parents.

Madelyn Train is the daughter of Nathaniel and Stacey Train, who separated when she was young. Stacey Train then married Nathaniel’s brother Gareth Train, who raised Madelyn.

Speaking to Channel 9’s A Current Affair on Wednesday night, Ms Train said they had exchanged text messages the night of the shootings, which claimed their lives along with those of her uncle Nathaniel Train.

“Nathaniel had sent me a text saying his wife had sent people to kill me. They knew they were going to die that night,” Ms Train said.

The letterbox and gate at the Train property. Picture: A Current Affair

On December 12, four police officers arrived at the Wieambilla property under a missing person’s report when the Train family opened fire, killing constables Matthew Arnold and Rachel McCrow as well as innocent neighbour Alan Dare who came to help.

The siege ended with Gareth, Nathaniel and Stacey Train all dead.

“I loved the people they were, not they people they had become when they committed the crime,” Ms Train said of her parents.

“I felt like I couldn’t cry; obviously there was not a lot of sympathy towards me.”

Mirrors lined the driveway to the house which according to Ms Train was to alert the owners to cars and people who were not supposed to be there. CCTV cameras had been bolted to tall trees.

The charred remains of the police car burnt during the incident were still visible.

Burnt artefacts remains at the Train family property. Picture: A Current Affair

While Ms Train does admit her parents committed a “horrible crime”, she also believes all three of them gave up on life after “society failed them” when the Covid-19 vaccine mandates were introduced.

“They gave up on society when society gave up on them. It’s not fair to say they didn’t like the police; they did not respect the police that jumped their fence that night,” Ms Train said.

Reliving her childhood she recalls how her mother Stacey Train was the career woman and had a passion for protecting children in her teaching job, while her stepfather Gareth Train, Nathanial’s older brother, was the stay-at-home parent.

Nathaniel and Stacey split when Ms Train was two, and Gareth and Stacey were married when she was six.

“I’m grieving six people and not my family first. I grieve for the two police officers and Alan Dare first,” she said.

The Wieambilla property where six people died, including two police officers. Picture: A Current Affair