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SUSAN WORRALL had only a few weeks before she could put down her pens and be finished with high school.
The year 12 student at the Methodist Ladies College in Burwood had been studying for the November exams of the International Baccalaureate, an internationally recognised high school diploma.
But today she is dead, stabbed to death by her older sister at their Strathfield family home, police allege.
Emergency services were called to the single-storey Federation home on Mosley Street about 11.30am, where they found Susan, dead from at least one knife wound to the neck. Her 20-year-old sister Kathleen, an MLC graduate, was arrested when police discovered her sister's body.
She was taken to Burwood police station and questioned until late afternoon.
The girls' parents, John and Maureen, also spent the afternoon at Burwood police station being counselled by officers.
The acting principal of the Burwood girls' school, Di Cottrill-Dormer, said she would not comment on the death.
"It's in the hands of the police [and] it's inappropriate for me to be saying anything at the moment," she said.
Yesterday afternoon families near the Worralls' house expressed their shock at the almost unthinkable crime.
A neighbour, Laval, 46, said he saw the family quite often, but rarely spoke to them.
"They seemed to be very nice people. I see the father from time to time mowing the grass," he said. "It's terrible … it's hard to believe that something happened here, it's hard to imagine."
Another neighbour, Leon, said the first he knew of the murder was when he walked outside his house and realised he was inside a taped-off crime scene.
"We don't know the circumstances. I didn't hear any loud arguments. This is a surprise.
"I've been living here a long time … nowadays anything can happen - people blow their top too easily."
Another resident, whose house was just outside the police tape, said she was stunned at the gruesome incident .
"I'm shocked, I'm shocked," she said.
"I think the [older sister] finished school already - she was a really bright girl.
"I wonder if the mother is working … I see the mother coming home from work when we go for a walk."
The Worralls had lived at the house for at least five years, she said.
On her MySpace page, Susan described her love of comedy shows and crime mysteries.
"When I was young I was obsessed with Sherlock Holmes."
She loved sailing, riding her bike, bushwalking and rock climbing. She was studying maths, physics, economics, history, English and Indonesian for her baccalaureate.
In a questionnaire on her page she is asked what she regrets most: "Not spending enough time with loved ones," she writes.
On the same page, she describes how she wanted to join the animal rescue group WIRES.
"My mother and sister are already members and have rescued several animals," she wrote.
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The year 12 student at the Methodist Ladies College in Burwood had been studying for the November exams of the International Baccalaureate, an internationally recognised high school diploma.
But today she is dead, stabbed to death by her older sister at their Strathfield family home, police allege.
Emergency services were called to the single-storey Federation home on Mosley Street about 11.30am, where they found Susan, dead from at least one knife wound to the neck. Her 20-year-old sister Kathleen, an MLC graduate, was arrested when police discovered her sister's body.
She was taken to Burwood police station and questioned until late afternoon.
The girls' parents, John and Maureen, also spent the afternoon at Burwood police station being counselled by officers.
The acting principal of the Burwood girls' school, Di Cottrill-Dormer, said she would not comment on the death.
"It's in the hands of the police [and] it's inappropriate for me to be saying anything at the moment," she said.
Yesterday afternoon families near the Worralls' house expressed their shock at the almost unthinkable crime.
A neighbour, Laval, 46, said he saw the family quite often, but rarely spoke to them.
"They seemed to be very nice people. I see the father from time to time mowing the grass," he said. "It's terrible … it's hard to believe that something happened here, it's hard to imagine."
Another neighbour, Leon, said the first he knew of the murder was when he walked outside his house and realised he was inside a taped-off crime scene.
"We don't know the circumstances. I didn't hear any loud arguments. This is a surprise.
"I've been living here a long time … nowadays anything can happen - people blow their top too easily."
Another resident, whose house was just outside the police tape, said she was stunned at the gruesome incident .
"I'm shocked, I'm shocked," she said.
"I think the [older sister] finished school already - she was a really bright girl.
"I wonder if the mother is working … I see the mother coming home from work when we go for a walk."
The Worralls had lived at the house for at least five years, she said.
On her MySpace page, Susan described her love of comedy shows and crime mysteries.
"When I was young I was obsessed with Sherlock Holmes."
She loved sailing, riding her bike, bushwalking and rock climbing. She was studying maths, physics, economics, history, English and Indonesian for her baccalaureate.
In a questionnaire on her page she is asked what she regrets most: "Not spending enough time with loved ones," she writes.
On the same page, she describes how she wanted to join the animal rescue group WIRES.
"My mother and sister are already members and have rescued several animals," she wrote.
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