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Ashton Kline was just 15 when his father murdered his mother, Viola Margaret Kline, in an arson attack in regional Victoria.

He shares how a promise to his mum to care for his younger brother, Grant, has shaped their lives ever since.

Now a nursing educator, Ashton joins us to reflects on resilience, grief, and finding purpose after unimaginable loss.

Ashton is also an ambassador for the Alannah & Madeline Foundation, which you can visit here.

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CREDITS:

Host: Meshel Laurie

Guest: Ashton Kline

Executive Producer/Editor: Matthew Tankard

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Ashton Kline was just 15 when his father murdered his mother, Viola Margaret Kline, in an arson attack in regional Victoria.

He shares how a promise to his mum to care for his younger brother, Grant, has shaped their lives ever since.

Now a nursing educator, Ashton joins us to reflects on resilience, grief, and finding purpose after unimaginable loss.

Ashton is also an ambassador for the Alannah & Madeline Foundation, which you can visit here.

Click here to subscribe to ATC Plus on Apple Podcasts and access all ATC episodes early and ad-free, as well as exclusive bonus episodes.

Join our Facebook Group here.

Do you have information regarding any of the cases discussed on this podcast? Please report it on the Crime Stoppers website or by calling 1800 333 000.

For Support:

Lifeline on 13 11 14

13 YARN on 13 92 76 (24/7 crisis support phone line for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples)

1800RESPECT: 1800 737 732

Blue Knot Helpline: 1300 657 380

CREDITS:

Host: Meshel Laurie

Guest: Ashton Kline

Executive Producer/Editor: Matthew Tankard

GET IN TOUCH:

https://www.australiantruecrimethepodcast.com/

Follow the show on Instagram @australiantruecrimepodcast and Facebook

Send us a question to have played on the show by recording a voice message here.

Email the show at AusTrueCrimePodcast@gmail.com

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This is a "Shortcut" episode. It’s a shortened version of this week’s more detailed full episode, which is also available on our feed.

Marilyn Burdon was a 70-year-old mother and grandmother who, in 2017, was killed in her Kew home by her former partner, Charles Bisucci, who then took his own life.

Despite being banned from owning firearms for over a decade, Bisucci was able to access multiple guns, a failure later examined at a coronial inquest that led to recommendations for change.

One of Marilyn’s three children, Rebecca Burdon, joins us to speak about her mother’s life, the circumstances of her death, and why the system still hasn’t fixed the gaps that allowed it to happen.

Links:

• www.burdonlegal.com.au
• A child’s right to be heard | Pursuit by the University of Melbourne
• Losing a parent to domestic homicide – and everything that’s wrong with this headline | Pursuit by the University of Melbourne
• A child’s right to be heard | Pursuit by the University of Melbourne
• OPEN Event Reflection: You Should Ask That – Continuing the conversation with the children of women killed by men.
• Children and young people bereaved by domestic homicide: A focus on Australia.
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Join our Facebook Group here.

Do you have information regarding any of the cases discussed on this podcast? Please report it on the Crime Stoppers website or by calling 1800 333 000.

For Support:

Lifeline on 13 11 14

13 YARN on 13 92 76 (24/7 crisis support phone line for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples)

1800RESPECT: 1800 737 732

Blue Knot Helpline: 1300 657 380

CREDITS:

Host: Meshel Laurie

Guest: Rebecca Burdon

Executive Producer/Editor: Matthew Tankard

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.