Man who stabbed mother-of-three to death leaving the bloodied body to be discovered by her traumatised twin daughters pleads guilty to murder
- Melbourne mother Kylie Blackwood was murdered in her home in August 2013
- Her twin 11-year-old daughters found her bleeding to death inside the home
- Her killer Scott Alan Murdoch pleaded guilty hours before trial was set to start
A man has admitted to the brutal murder of a Melbourne mother, just hours before his trial was due to begin.
Scott Alan Murdoch, 41, pleaded guilty on Thursday to murder and intentionally causing serious injury over the death of Kylie Blackwood, 42, at Packenham.
The defendant also pleaded guilty to attacking an elderly woman three months earlier.
Kylie Blackwood (pictured) was killed in her home in 2013. Her daughters found her body as they returned home from school
The guilty plea comes just hours before his Supreme Court trial was expected to start.
Ms Blackwood was discovered bleeding to death on a couch in her home by her twin 11-year-old daughters when they returned from school in August 2013.
She suffered multiple stab wounds to her neck and chest.
The killing was believed to be a robbery gone wrong, a pre-trial court hearing was told.
Murdoch, a father-of-two, was arrested three years after the killing when he was identified as a possible match to DNA found on Ms Blackwood’s jeans.
Scott Alan Murdoch (pictured) pleaded guilty on Thursday to murder and intentionally causing serious injury over the death of 42-year-old Kylie Blackwood at Packenham
Ms Blackwood, a popular figure in the semi-rural town, left behind her daughters, a 13-year-old son and her husband Peter.
Murdoch, who faced court dressed in jeans and sneakers, is due to appear before Justice Jane Dixon again on August 16 before being sentenced.