• Jennifer Carrig and her daughter Ella were found dead last week
  • Their north Sydney home was raided one week earlier
  • Ms Carrig’s son was arrested for alleged extremist vandalism
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By Ashley Nickel and Tita Smith For Daily Mail Australia

Published: 16:15 BST, 15 July 2024 | Updated: 16:19 BST, 15 July 2024

The home where the bodies of a mother and her disabled teenage daughter were discovered was raided by counter terror police a week before they died.

Jennifer Carrig, 53, and her daughter Ella, 13, were found deceased in two separate bedrooms of their home on Menzies Rd in Marsfield in Sydney’s north-west last Thursday.

Just eight days before the tragic discovery of their bodies in separate bedrooms, NSW Police officers attached to Counter Terrorism and Special Tactics Command executed a search warrant at the same home in an early morning raid on July 2

Police arrested Ms Carrig’s 19-year-old son, Christopher, who had been under investigation since he allegedly graffitied Nazi symbols on the walls of Macquarie University in May, the Daily Telegraph reported.

The teen is also accused of intimidating a man on nearby Herring Rd shortly after the alleged vandalism in an incident which was allegedly uploaded online.

Police charged Christopher with six offences related to the alleged vandalism and allegedly seized items related to ‘extreme right-wing ideology’ during the raid.

He was bailed to appear in Burwood Local Court on August 13 for alleged 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 also arrested will face court next week.

Jennifer Carrig (pictured centre) and her daughter Ella (pictured right) were found dead inside their home last Thursday

Jennifer Carrig (pictured centre) and her daughter Ella (pictured right) were found dead inside their home last Thursday

The home where the bodies were found (pictured) was raided by police a week prior in relation to alleged extremist vandalism

The home where the bodies were found (pictured) was raided by police a week prior in relation to alleged extremist vandalism

The home where the bodies were found (pictured) was raided by police a week prior in relation to alleged extremist vandalism 

Daily Mail Australia does not suggest Christopher Carrig had any involvement in the deaths of his mother Jennifer or sister Ella.

NSW Police have launched a major investigation into the deaths of Ms Carrig and Ella, which is ongoing.

It initially claimed the deaths were not being treated as suspicious.

Sources have since been revealed detectives are also investigating whether the deaths may have been the result of a murder-suicide.

It remains unclear how the died as neither Mr Carrig or her daughter had obvious injuries.

Daily Mail Australia has contacted NSW Police for comment. 

The tragedy has sparked an outpouring of tributes to the pair, who had lived at the home for several years. 

Ms Carrig has been remembered as the ‘best mumma’ to her family, including to her daughter Ella, who was disabled and needed full-time care.

‘She was the best so caring and thoughtful,’ Ms Carrig’s best friend Samantha Thomas-Barber told the Daily Telegraph.

‘A true treasure and warrior … she was the best mumma to her family.’

Neighbours in the quiet suburban street were ‘absolutely shocked’. 

Many said they didn’t hear or see anything out of the ordinary on Thursday morning until they saw the emergency vehicles in their street.

‘I’m devastated,’ one local said.

‘When we saw all the police we didn’t imagine this was the reason.’

Anyone with information is urged to contact Crime Stoppers.

Crisis support is available from Lifeline on 13 11 14 and Beyond Blue on 1300 22 4636.

Mother of-three Jennifer Carrig (pictured) was described by her friend as the 'best mumma'

Mother of-three Jennifer Carrig (pictured) was described by her friend as the 'best mumma'

Mother of-three Jennifer Carrig (pictured) was described by her friend as the ‘best mumma’

New South Wales Police initially said the mother and daughter's deaths were not being treated as suspicious but are now reportedly investigating a murder-suicide theory

New South Wales Police initially said the mother and daughter's deaths were not being treated as suspicious but are now reportedly investigating a murder-suicide theory

New South Wales Police initially said the mother and daughter’s deaths were not being treated as suspicious but are now reportedly investigating a murder-suicide theory 

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Marsfield deaths: Disturbing reason terror cops raided home of Jennifer Carrig and daughter Ella days before they were found dead in separate bedrooms

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