A major manhunt is underway for a gunman who allegedly murdered his wife in Adelaide this week.
Category
📺
TVTranscript
00:00 Police have named the fourth victim of an alleged murder in South Australia in the past
00:07 week as 55-year-old mother Jodie Jewell.
00:11 Police say that she was a victim of domestic violence that went unreported to police.
00:16 Police attended the property behind me in Monbury North in Adelaide's northeastern suburbs
00:20 to conduct a welfare check on Jodie.
00:23 That is after one of Jodie's friends contacted police who was concerned about her welfare.
00:29 Police allege that she was shot dead by her husband, 55-year-old Kevin Jewell sometime
00:36 between 6 and 10 past 6 on Tuesday night.
00:41 The couple had been living at the property along with their daughter.
00:45 Police say that the daughter was not at home at the time of this alleged murder.
00:52 Police have also said that the couple had become quite estranged in recent times.
00:57 They are now looking for Kevin Jewell who police say could be anywhere in the state.
01:05 Police have said that they are throwing enormous resources behind looking for Kevin Jewell.
01:13 Police expect Kevin Jewell to be armed and with ammunition.
01:18 They are saying to the public that if they see his ute that he is travelling in, which
01:24 is a white Mitsubishi Triton, to contact police straight away and to not approach Kevin Jewell.
01:31 Bureau of Statistics data released yesterday shows that one in five Australians have experienced
01:37 partner violence or abuse with women more likely to be the victims.
01:41 A South Australian body for domestic and family violence services are really calling on for
01:48 education programs to prevent gender-based violence to be introduced into schools here
01:54 in South Australia and right across the country and for those to be introduced to Year 3 students.
02:00 [BLANK_AUDIO]