Wieambilla massacre: The harrowing final moments of two cops shot dead by a doomsday cult family – and the heartbreaking last act of heroic Rachel McCrow as she lay dying in the dirt after begging for her life
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Heroic cop Rachel McCrow’s heartbreaking final act as she lay dying in the dirt of a killer family’s doomsday cult compound has been revealed.
Constable McCrow was shot and killed with Constable Matt Arnold after they entered the remote property of the religious extremist Train family at Wieambilla, 300km west of Brisbane.
An inquest has now heard how Ms McCrow recorded a final ‘message of love for her family’ before she passed away.
Bodycam video revealed how Constable McCrow was gunned down at 4.37pm on December 12, 2022, moments after Constable Arnold was shot dead by one of the Train brothers.
Constable McCrow had immediately dropped to her hands and knees and moved off the drive to call for urgent assistance on her police radio, the inquest heard.
But two camouflaged figures – believed to be Nathaniel and Gareth Train, armed with rifles – were approaching and shot McCrow in the back.
At 4.38pm she was shot again, ‘in the lower left and in the upper right leg’, Counsel Assisting the inquest, Ruth O’Gorman KC said.
‘At 4.40pm she recorded she had been shot three times. At 4.45pm
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