Man faces kill counts

A MAN has been sent to a psychiatric facility after being charged with the murders of an eight-year-old boy, a 15-yearold girl and their mother at a suburban Perth house.

The boy and his mother, 48, were found dead inside the Ellenbrook home and the girl was found critically injured in the backyard but died on the way to hospital on Sunday.

Teancum Vernon PetersonCrofts, 19, appeared in court yesterday on three murder charges and will face Stirling Gardens Magistrates Court next week.