Australia Australia- Debra Alice Campbell, 22, RAAF clerk, last seen near her home, High Street Windsor, 25 Feb. 1984 *Arrest in 2023*

Welcome to Websleuths!
Click to learn how to make a missing person's thread

DNA Solves
DNA Solves
DNA Solves

dotr

Well-Known Member
Joined
Oct 21, 2009
Messages
53,831
Reaction score
155,406
2023
Sunday 12 February 2023 8:00pm
A 22-year-old Caucasian woman is looking directly at the camera and smiling with teeth. She is wearing a sky blue coloured uniform with a collar. She is also wearing a matching hat, with a dark blue trim and gold crest. She has brown hair, green-brown eyes and thing brown eyebrows.

First name: Debra Alice
Last name: CAMPBELL
Date of birth: 20 June 1962
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Date of disappearance: 25 February 1984
Location: High Street Windsor
Height: 162cm
Build: Thin
Circumstances:
Debra CAMPBELL was last seen in the vicinity of her house in High Street Windsor late in the afternoon of 25 February 1984 having just been dropped off by her partner.
Debra was wearing a pair of blue jeans, Adidas runners and a pink t-shirt with a “Madness” band logo.
Debra has not been seen or heard from since, and has not made contact with friends or family.
An inquest held in 1999 found that it was likely Debra was deceased, and that the circumstances surrounding her death could not be determined.
Police are seeking any information which may assist with the investigation into Debra’s disappearance.
If you have information that may assist police to locate Debra, contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or submit a confidential report via the Crime Stoppers Victoria website.
Reviewed 12 February 2023
 
1681341119310.png
rbbm.
1681340962446.png
April 12 2023

''Key points:​

  • Debra Campbell disappeared in 1984 and investigations have not been able to determine what happened to her
  • Police re-started investigations in 2022, which led to a search warrant being executed in New South Wales
  • Her mother says she is "desperately hopeful" the investigation will bring her and her family answers''
"On Tuesday, 28 March, Missing Persons Squad investigators along with detectives from the New South Wales Police Cold Case Homicide Squad executed a search warrant at a residential address in Leanda Place, Cardiff South in NSW," a police spokesperson said.

"A 65-year-old Cardiff South man was subsequently spoken to by police and the investigation remains ongoing."


"Debra's disappearance had immeasurable impact on our family and we continue to feel this to this day," her mother Jean said in the statement.

"The most awful part is not knowing where she is or what happened to her, and that the person responsible for taking my daughter away has not been held accountable.
"I'm desperately hopeful that the re-investigation of my daughters' case may bring us answers after all these years.

"I love her and still miss her so dearly."

Anyone with any information is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or submit a confidential crime report at www.crimestoppersvic.com.au.''
 
Debra Campbell was 21 when she went missing from her home on High Street, in the inner Melbourne suburb of Windsor, in February 1984.

In April this year, police made a public appeal for information in relation to Debra's disappearance.

In a cross border operation involving the Victoria Police Missing Persons Squad and the NSW Police Homicide Squad Unsolved Homicide Unit, a man was arrested in Cardiff South on Wednesday.

The 65-year-old has faced Belmont Local Court charged with murder.

An application has been made to extradite the man to Victoria.

He will appear before the court again on Friday.
 
Debra Campbell was 21 when she went missing from her home on High Street, in the inner Melbourne suburb of Windsor, in February 1984.

In April this year, police made a public appeal for information in relation to Debra's disappearance.

In a cross border operation involving the Victoria Police Missing Persons Squad and the NSW Police Homicide Squad Unsolved Homicide Unit, a man was arrested in Cardiff South on Wednesday.

The 65-year-old has faced Belmont Local Court charged with murder.

An application has been made to extradite the man to Victoria.

He will appear before the court again on Friday.

Is there any indication if it is the fiancé? The age appears to line up.

Edit:spelling
 
Apr 3, 2024
'Prosecutors have dropped a cold case murder charge against a man who had been accused of killing his 21-year-old fiancee 40 years ago.
Peter Wetzler was charged last year with killing Debra Campbell in early 1984.
His lawyer argued the case against him was weak, and today the office of public prosecutions agreed, dropping the murder charge levelled at him.'
1712152320998.png
Peter Wetzler was charged last year with killing Debra Campbell in early 1984. (Nine)
"There was a great weight off my shoulders. It's all still sinking in," Wetzler told 9News.
"I knew he was innocent," Wetzler's wife Sandy said.
"So to see this happen to him was so unfair."

''Wetzler spent five weeks in jail before being granted bail and spent tens of thousands of dollars on his legal defence.
He's now fighting for Victoria Police to pay his costs.''
 

Members online

Online statistics

Members online
139
Guests online
770
Total visitors
909

Forum statistics

Threads
605,272
Messages
18,185,079
Members
233,289
Latest member
Bfred1221
Back
Top