Inquest into the death of Jenny Lee
Cook
There are many unusual circumstances surrounding the death of Ms Cook, if it is to
be accepted that she committed suicide:
 There was
no suicide note although the evidence suggested that she was a
meticulous record keeper and kept up to 12 diaries;
 There was
no event identified which would explain such an action when she
had been improving both physically and mentally;
 She was found lying on a
plywood board which she would have found very
difficult to move to the site and had not been dragged to that position;
 She was wearing
exercise attire including a large sun hat at the time of death;
 She had a sheet tied around her neck and head area with a bath robe tie and
it is likely that
she was blindfolded when the knife pierced her chest;
 She apparently had spent some considerable time preparing the knife with
string and tape but those items were not found in the house (
although the
police were not looking for them);
 There are
no hesitation or practice wounds only a single deep stab
wound;
 Her
body had been moved after death but Mr Cook, the paramedics and the
police all state emphatically that they did not move her body;
 Ms Cook apparently
chose a violent and painful method of suicide when she
had access to medication of which
she could have ingested a fatal dose;
 Ms Cook apparently
did not indicate to any person that she had been or was
contemplating suicide.
Whilst the only evidence obtained and now available, points to suicide, taking into
account the failures in the investigation, and the destruction of the knife in particular, I
am unable to determine whether Ms Cooks death was the result of suicide and that
aspect of the finding must remain open.
Jane Bentley
Coroner
CAIRNS
6 December 2013
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I've read through the coroner's findings twice now and it just boggles the mind how so much was overlooked or just ignored. Her summing up certainly means the case remains open. This investigation has to start from scratch imo. :thinking:
DS Osbourne didn't even know the knife was wrapped with string and tape? Why would Jenny pack away the string and tape if she is just about to commit suicide?
Why did DS Osbourne tell Jenny's mother, Ms Pullen, that only Jenny's fingerprints were found on the knife when no such tests were done?
According to Mr Cook's work colleague, Cook went home at 5.30 pm with a headache, so he went home early?
Why wasn't the laundry, bin or garage checked? :gaah:
There were no prints on window or window frame? Wouldn't a person naturally reach out in front to exert more pressure for the knife to go in, or did Jenny have her hands by her side or behind her back? Hmmmm, doesn't sound right to me. jmho
http://www.courts.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/217931/cif-cook-jl-20131206.pdf