Terror cops raided Marsfield home over Nazi graffiti – days before mum and daughter were found dead

Counter-terror police raided a Sydney home just days before a mother and daughter were found dead there, it can be revealed.

Counter Terrorism and Special Tactics Command police had been investigating the teenager since May, when he allegedly painted swastikas on the walls of Macquarie University. Picture: NewsWire / Damian Shaw

A Sydney home where a mother and daughter were found dead last week had been raided by counter-terrorism police just days earlier.

The bodies of Jennifer Carrig, 53, and her disabled daughter Ella, 13 were discovered in separate bedrooms of their home on Menzies Rd in Marsfield last Thursday, with a major NSW Police investigation ongoing in a bid to determine how they both died.

The Daily Telegraph can reveal that just a week before that tragedy, officers attached to Counter Terrorism and Special Tactics Command executed a search warrant at the same home where they arrested Ms Carrig’s teenage son Christopher.

Police had been investigating the 19-year-old since May when it is alleged he graffitied Nazi symbols on the walls of Macquarie University and then shortly after, approached a man on nearby Herring Rd and allegedly intimidated him – filming the incident and uploading it online.

Jennifer Carrig was found dead alongside her teenage daughter in their home at Marsfield. Picture: Facebook

The 19-year-old was charged with six offences related to the alleged graffiti attack, while during the raid of the Marsfield home police also allegedly seized items which related to “extreme right-wing ideology”.

In a statement, NSW Police said those items had been seized and were taken away to be “the subject of further investigation”.

Carrig was charged with destroy or damage property, face blackened or disguised with intention to commit indictable offence, possess graffiti implement, enter prescribed premises without lawful excuse, stalk or intimidate and enter enclosed land without lawful excuse.

A 20-year-old woman who was allegedly one of five people accompanying Carrig at the university that night, was also arrested by police.

She was charged with a total of four offences and is due to face Hornsby Local Court on July 24, while Carrig is set to front Burwood Local Court on Tuesday, August 13.

There is no suggestion Christopher Carrig was in anyway involved in the deaths of his mother or sister.

Police sources said it was still unclear what had caused the deaths of Ms Carrig and Ella last week, with neither mother or daughter having any obvious signs of injury, and detectives now investigating the possibility their deaths were the result of a murder-suicide.

Ms Carrig was the full time carer for her daughter Ella, who had a disability. Picture: Justin Lloyd.

Neighbours who had lived next to the family on Menzies Rd for a number of years said Ms Carrig was the full time carer for her daughter and that they were shocked to hear about the tragedy last week.

Tributes have flowed in the wake of the double death, with one local Sydney business talking about the troubles the family faced.

“Jennifer was a very friendly loving person who loved Ella so much and nursed her through her disability,” they posted online.

Police are continuing to urge anyone with information about the deaths of Ms Carrig and her daughter to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.

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