Farren Hotham
31 January 2026, 8:41 PM
Two young women say they saw Julian Ingram on a rural property near Mt Hope. [IMAGE: Nine News]Two young local women have revealed they saw alleged triple murder Julian Ingram in a paddock on a property near Mount Hope last Saturday 24 January.
In an interview with Channel 9 yesterday, Amy and Chelsea said they were on a remote property at Mount Hope in western New South Wales late last Saturday night when they saw the figure of a man.
"We both just happened to see someone standing there in the paddock and there should be absolutely no one there," Amy said.
Police descended on Mount Hope, roughly 90 kilometres north west of Lake Cargelligo, where days earlier Julian Ingram allegedly killed his pregnant ex-partner Sophie Quinn, her aunty Nerida, and her friend John Harris.
Amy and Chelsea say they went inside a house on the property and spent two hours on the phone with police before leaving.
It was then they came face-to-face with the man again but this time, with a weapon.
"[He was] Squatting on the side of the road, holding a gun pointing at us," Amy said.
"We described him to police and they matched it up with the description of Julian Ingram."
Ingram remains on the run after ten days of Police searching in rugged bushland and along the Lachlan River.

A further image of the vehicle thought to be driven by Julian Ingram. [IMAGE: NSW Police]
More details have come to light about 37-year-old Ingram's movements in the hours before his alleged rampage.
A group of female traffic controllers said he gave them roses late that morning, which is something he was in the habit of doing.
He was also recorded on CCTV attending the local police station for his routine check-in as part of his bail conditions, after being released for domestic violence offences.
Each day this hunt goes on, the community remains in limbo.
"I can't imagine what the family is feeling waiting for this to be over - what we're feeling is probably one per cent of that," Amy said.

Federal Independent MP Zali Steggall has called for a Royal Commission into Domextic Violence.
In the wake of the tragedy Independent Federal MP Zali Steggall said the scourge of domestic violence has to be stopped.
''I am calling on the Prime Minister to establish a Royal Commission into domestic violence as a matter of urgency.
"Too many women and children are being killed.
"There must be accountability across state and territory laws, policing and bail systems.
"We need to know why this keeps happening and why warning signs are repeatedly ignored.''
Australian Minister for Social Services Minister Tanya Plibersek says she is heartbroken for families of lost ones in the tragedy but that we don’t need another inquiry to tell us what survivors have been saying for decades
''I am heartbroken that Sophie Quinn, her unborn baby, her aunt Nerida Quinn, and her friend John Harris have been killed.
"Just as I am devastated that a total of five women have been killed this month and that so many families are starting the year with the greatest loss imaginable."
"Out of respect for Sophie’s family, and because this is an open case, I won’t comment further.
"What I can say — unequivocally — is that we need to change the culture that minimises women’s fear until it becomes a tragedy.
"Women need to be believed when they are seeking help to flee violence, and we need to stop defaulting to giving men the benefit of the doubt when warning signs are raised'' she said..
She says her government is already "acting with urgency" by:
• Working with the states to strengthen the tracking of high-risk perpetrators, so authorities don’t lose sight of them when they cross borders.
• Continuing to implement expert advice to close the cracks in the system — across policing, courts, and frontline services.
''Ending this crisis isn’t about words or symbolism,"she said.
""It’s about sustained action, systems of accountability, and all of us refusing to normalise or accept gendered violence.''