When the verdicts about whether Greg Lynn murdered Russell Hill and Carol Clay were read out in Victoria’s Supreme Court, Lynn’s adult son Geordie was there as his father was proclaimed a killer. Geordie crossed his arms as his father was found guilty of murdering Clay. Shook his head.
His own life different now. Gregory Lynn, Russell Hill and Carol Clay. Amid all the sensational details of a case that gripped many of us for four years, I couldn’t stop thinking about one thing: those poor families.
Millions of people find out their partner has cheated. Most estimates indicate 70 per cent of all marriages will be buffeted at some point by a physical or emotional affair. It’s a common hand grenade.
And most kids grow up and discover that behind the masks, their superhero parents are flawed, bumbling humans making mistakes and stuff-ups as they go. But usually the destruction and discoveries are done behind closed doors, often after rumbling warning signs. Loading Imagine being Hill’s wife Robyn or their children, Clay’s children, Lynn’s wife and children.
Imagine the anger, grief and shock that bunch of people experienced, discovering hard truths about their partners and parents at the same time they found out they had disappeared, were dead, were locked up. And imagine that at the same time you’re mourning what you’ve lost, it’s laid bare to the world. The indignity of that is just so hard.
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