Margaret and Seana Tapp
- Sarah Turney
- Nov 27
- 2 min read
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In 1984, the Tapp family made a home at 13 Kelvin Drive in the Melbourne suburb of Ferntree Gully, Victoria, Australia. It’s been described as a safe, peaceful suburb with a near-zero crime rate.
35-year-old Margaret Tapp thought it was the ideal place to raise her two children, 9-year-old Seana and 14-year-old Justin. She’d been divorced from her husband, Donald Tapp, for about 5 years and was forging ahead with building this new life for herself and her children. She worked full-time as a nurse and was in her third year studying law full-time at Monash University. Her goal was to combine her work experience to specialize in medical malpractice cases.
But before she could realize all these dreams, before she could see her kids graduate and start families of their own, it all came crashing down.
Anyone with information is urged to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-333-000 or submit a tip online at crimestoppersvic.com.au.
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