It was part of an attempted murder-suicideIn his final moments, Alexi wanted to be like his father: with a red-coloured neck. But in a perverse and egregious breach of trust, his drug-abusing, paranoid father Nathan Vikatos calmly took his son's life, motivated by unfounded fears. The 48-year-old told prison staff he killed his son in an attempted murder-suicide because he wanted them to become two ghosts. But he need not have felt alone, his sister told the court in a moving victim impact statement. The NSW Supreme Court found that Vikatos killed his son in an attempted murder-suicideHis father soon started using methylamphetamine again.

Source: Daily Mail March 20, 2026 12:25 UTC