The fractured relationship daughter had with the Queensland cop killers laid bare

Madelyn’s father, Nathaniel, was married to Stacey in 1995 before the two split “amicably” when the 26-year-old was young.

Stacey then married Nathaniel’s brother and Madelyn’s uncle, Gareth, a few years later.

“Thank you for coming to visit and spending time with Gary and I. You are great company, I look forward to your next visit,” Stacey wrote.

The letter follows Madelyn’s first visit to the Wieambilla estate, 300km from Brisbane, where three innocent people were said to have lost their lives at the hands of trains in December last year.

“Sounds like you’re enjoying your life…and enjoying being yourself,” Stacey wrote.

“It’s the most important thing any of us can ever hope to learn. Always love.

The letter may seem like a typical romantic relationship between a mother and daughter, but Madelyn said that’s not always the case.

“They often said I let them down, but I feel like kids are usually a letdown at different times in their lives,” Madelyn told Nine reporter Sophie Walsh in an interview. exclusive.

“I agree that sometimes I was a disappointment.”

On December 12, 2022, Madelyn’s father, Nathaniel, her mother Stacey, and her stepfather and uncle Gareth ambushed and executed two police officers and an innocent neighbor.

Prior to that day, his relationship with the family was distant as Madelyn had not seen them in three years and only communicated via email and text.

It all started after the trio started getting engulfed in wild conspiracy theories, hateful manifestos and a wry view of the outside world.

Madelyn always hoped the aloof and estranged relationship with her parents would change.

“I always thought that eventually I could reconnect with my mother,” she said.

“I always hoped that we would have a relationship where it was normal and it was happening.”

Madelyn is unable to come to terms with what her family did that day, the people who gave her life and then took the lives of three innocent members of the community.

“I can’t reconcile it yet. In my own life, I’ve just had trauma on top of trauma, on top of trauma,” she said.

“I have to unpack it one by one.”

She “hates” the legacy her parents left her.

“They had an irreparable impact on so many lives and I have more concern for others, especially the people they murdered or killed,” she said.