M'Neill found the victims in a field from Gatton. Michael and Theresa 'Ellen' were lying back-to-back, within of each other. Norah lay in the same east–west orientation, on a neatly spread rug, to the east. Both women had their hands tied behind their backs with handkerchiefs. Forming a triangle, the sulky faced south, from Michael and from Norah. The horse had been shot in the head and still lay between the shafts. Their legs were arranged with the feet pointing west. This signature behaviour has never been repeated in Australian crime and, like the Gatton Murders themselves, remains a mystery.