Friends of Damien John Shaw have described their shock and horror after the Australian man killed himself and his two children at their Bali home on Sunday.
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Bali police are investigating what they say is a double murder-suicide, after the bodies of the 56-year-old and his six-year-old son and four-year-old daughter were found inside their bungalow in the popular tourist resort of Kuta.
Denpasar City police said an autopsy would not be carried out on the children at the request of their mother.
Mr Shaw's wife told police she had filed for a divorce in 2022.
Bunbury resident Tania Dagnall said she and her husband had been friends with Mr Shaw for the past 11 years.
"If he has done this, there's no excuse for it, never any excuse for that, ever."
Ms Dagnall said she was sad that Mr Shaw had not reached out to them.
The ABC understands Mr Shaw was originally from Perth but had lived in Bali for decades and had converted to Islam when he married his wife about six or seven years ago.
Mr Shaw had several properties in Perth and overseas, including a house in Japan, Ms Dagnall said, which he used as a base for snowboarding.
Despite being financially stable, Mr Shaw's marriage had become tense in recent months, friends say.
Police said Mr Shaw's body was being examined at Sanglah Hospital.