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Savannah, 4, and Indianna, 3, were killed by their father Charles Mihayo.Source: Supplied
Charles Amon Mihayo, 36, pleaded guilty this morning to the murder of Savannah, 4, and Indianna, 3.
WARNING: DISTRESSING DETAILS
The girls were found dead in a granny flat at the back of their grandmother’s home in Watsonia in April.
Tanzania-born Mihayo was estranged from the girls’ mother at the time of their murders.
Mihayo appeared this morning at Melbourne Magistrates’ court via video link from the Melbourne Assessment Prison and formally pleaded guilty to charges of murder.
The day before the murders on April 20, Mihayo texted their mother asking to see his daughters “one last time”.
He bought them new dresses and shoes on the day of the murders, according to a court summary.
He then dressed them in “flower girl” dresses and white shoes and told them to show their mother who was inside the main house.
“Come back inside and we’ll show mum something else in 10 minutes,” Mihayo said.
He then filmed the girls dancing to the song “Let It Go” from the movie Frozen before taking them to a bedroom and smothering them with a pillow.
He phoned police before bathing the dead girls and dressing them again.
When police arrived he yelled “a minute please” while he continued to dress his dead daughters.
He immediately confessed to police and the girls were unable to be revived.
“The accused stated he understood what he did was wrong and he took full responsibility for his actions,” the summary reads.
“The accused would not provide a reason for killing his children.”
Their grief-stricken mother, who was not in court, released a heartbreaking statement after their deaths, saying they will be “forever missed, loved and never forgotten”.
“We are utterly devastated at the loss of Savannah and Indianna,” she said in a brief statement in April.
Mihayo was remanded in custody to appear at a directions hearing at the Supreme Court next month.
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