Chris Dawson’s daughter shared a cryptic social media message about pain and suffering after being found guilty of killing her mother.
Shanelle Dawson, 44, shared a poem by David Whyte on her Facebook page.
“At the end of the day, you can still understand why you are here and why you endured it, and why you may have suffered so much,” the post reads.
“So that in the end you can witness love, miraculously coming out of nowhere, cross bravely, out of the darkness.
“From that great and spacious stillness within you, to the simple and luminous life of being told.”
Messages of support were posted in response, with friends describing Ms. Dawson as “brave” and “constantly in our thoughts.”
“Thinking of you Shanelle, with so much love, keeping you in my thoughts and in my heart,” wrote a friend.
Another person wrote: “Thinking of you, Shanelle, the beautiful poem you shared.”
It comes after NSW Supreme Court Justice Ian Harrison found out Tuesday that Dawson, 74, killed his wife Lynette in January 1982.
Lynette, 33, has disappeared from her family home in Bayview and her body has never been found.
Shanelle Dawson was four when her mother went missing.
Dawson has always maintained his innocence.
It was revealed in court on Thursday that Dawson had received death threats following his incarceration.