Scott Alan Murdoch who murdered Kylie Blackwood is found DEAD in his Melbourne jail cell



Notorious killer who murdered a mum-of-three in a burglary gone wrong is found DEAD in his cell at a maximum security prison

A ruthless killer who stabbed a mother-of-three in the chest and throat and left her to die in a pool of her own blood during a botched robbery has been found dead in his jail cell.

Scott Alan Murdoch was sentenced to life behind bars with a non-parole period of 36 years in May 2020 for stabbing Kylie Blackwood multiple times in her Pakenham home, in Melbourne’s south-east, in August 2013.

He was also convicted for hammering a knife into the throat of defenseless grandmother Ilona Prohaska just three months prior.

At about 6am on Monday morning, the 43-year-old was found dead inside  Melbourne Assessment Prison.

The jail was plunged into emergency lockdown and will be investigated by homicide detectives.

A source told the Herald Sun that Murdoch did not call for help before he died.

‘The exact circumstances relating to the death have yet to be determined,’ Victoria Police told Daily Mail Australia.

Little explanation has been provided as to why Murdoch butchered Mrs Blackwood in 2013, but detectives believe it may have been a robbery gone wrong.

Her twin daughters Mia and Holly, now 18, made their own way home from school that day when their mother never showed up, and found her dead on the couch. 

Their gut wrenching victim impact statements were read to Murdoch during his pre-sentence hearing last year.

‘Images I will never be able to stop seeing, of her in agony, broke my heart in a million pieces,’ Mia Blackwood – now 17 – wrote.

‘It hurts so deeply. It’s unfair and it’s heartbreaking.’

Holly Blackwood, also 17, spoke of her sheer terror and despair that awful day.

‘You have taken away a mother and daughter bond that no-one can replace,’ she stated.

‘After doing what you did … how can you call yourself a human being?’ I hope you suffer and get what’s coming to you.’

Both daughters spoke of their futures without their mother — in particular their wedding days and the birth of children — in detailing their loss. 

More to come 

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