As a result of notoriety surrounding the sale of the house where the crimes occurred, the New South Wales government made it illegal to not disclose information related to the history of a property.
[2] The family settled in Sydney, New South Wales, and by the late 1990s, Teddy had requalified as a lawyer, set up a successful law firm specialising in immigration, and purchased a plot of land in North Ryde.
[3][5] After attending Parramatta Marist High School, Gonzales studied medical science at the University of New South Wales but withdrew after two years.
[2] The cause of Clodine's death was a combination of the compression of her neck, blunt force head injuries, and abdominal stab wounds.
[7] Gonzales then waited until Loiva arrived home at about 5:30 p.m. After she entered the house, he attacked her with one of the kitchen knives in the living/dining room, inflicting multiple stab wounds and cuts to her face, neck, chest and abdomen.
[2] Teddy then arrived home at about 6:50 p.m. After he entered the house, Gonzales attacked him with one of the kitchen knives and inflicted multiple stab wounds to his neck, chest, back and abdomen.
He showered, changed clothes, and spray painted the words "Fuck off Asians" on a wall in the house in an attempt to fool investigating police into believing that his family had been the victims of a hate crime.
Police also noticed an emotional detachment and many inconsistencies in Gonzales' story, such as claims of performing CPR, and thus began to suspect that he was involved.
[2] In December 2001, police were able to disprove Gonzales' first alibi, that he waited in his car in the driveway before driving to another suburb and later meeting his friend on the night of the murders.
[3] Other false trails included the fabrication of an e-mail that implicated a business rival of Teddy in the murders and the staging of an attempted burglary on 30 May.
During this time, he was denied access to the family's estate to fund his defence, and sought legal aid for the murder trial which took place during April and May 2004.
[citation needed] Prosecuted by Mark Tedeschi, the trial revealed that Gonzales had planned the murders for several months before they took place.
The court heard of numerous lies told to his friends, family and police regarding his whereabouts at the time of the murders, suggesting that Gonzales was a pathological liar.
[13] The North Ryde house, located at 6 Collins Street and built by the Gonzales family in 2000, was put on the market shortly after the murders but due to its notoriety, it remained unsold for three years.
[14] LJ Hooker initially refused to reverse the sale as they had no legal obligation of disclosure, but eventually refunded the buyers' A$80,000 deposit due to the bad publicity it caused.