GUILTY Australia - Kylie Maybury, 6, abducted & murdered, Preston, Vic, 6 Nov 1984

[Xlamb]

paul1980; Though unrelated to Kylie Maybury's cold case, the subject of the Beaumont Children (for similarities) has been raised on this thread. As the Beaumont thread you previously raised is closed to comments, I thought you might like to know that Adelaide Advertiser newspaper... Investigations Editor Bryan Littlely's article 21/5/15 will show progress is being made. Titled "Hunt for a Predator" it can also be found on line. I don't know how to put up the link, but this breakthrough in investigations shows that persistence pays off.
Keeping Kylie's case active is the first step and I wish you all the best in that regard. 'Soldier On' as the saying goes!

 

[paul1980]

Thank you. Although, I think we should respect the Mods request not to talk about the Beaumonts on Kylie Maybury's thread. God Bless precious Kylie.

 

[paul1980]

I wish people at The Age and the Herald Sun cared enough about Kylie to answer my emails. I've probably been added to the list of cranks by the ABC for trying to get 774 ABC Melbourne interested in Kylie's story. I wish i could inform Kylie's mum, and sister, about the WS thread and how much we want to help.

 

[paul1980]

Bumping for Kylie. Hoping to hear more from the cold case squad soon.

 

[Xlamb]

See The Adelaide Advertiser 25/7/15 reported by Sam Kelton and Ken McGregor...
"DNA hit leads to rape charges" Breakthrough after painstaking search for link to sample
In part the article states..."Police linked DNA samples taken from the crime scene using a 'familial' search that identified the suspect as a close relative of an offender whose DNA was on the national register."
It also says that "the case was believed to be the first time the 'familial' DNA technology had led to criminal charges being laid in Australia."
Re- Kylie's perpetrator...perhaps this 'familial' DNA technique could be applied to help narrow down possible suspects.

paul1980... Journalists can find themselves swamped by emails and phone calls every day. What I previously offered in relation to another prominent case was to give an example; that sometimes the only way to get something done, is to do it yourself. This new 'familial' DNA test might be something a journalist might follow up on Kylie's behalf.
I don't know how you're situated, but Police might give you permission to do a doorknock of the area to see if any residents can recall anything from that time, that might help now. The local school could agree to hold a school reunion for all past students that attended at the same time as Kylie. If you have a speaker to help address Kylie's case at the event, it might spark past memories or produce stories and accounts pointing to past local child sex offenders. Things they didn't report as children, as no-one asked.

Times have changed, thus secrecy lifted. Engaging with the 'cross-dressing' or 'transgender' community might open up information and insight into that period, any outsiders that members felt were 'predatory' or suspicion raised, but too afraid to speak up back then. Also the impact of Kylie's death, then her Grandfather / Uncle and the community backlash towards such groups.
These are all just examples and suggestions. A fresh approach may offer a means for the journalist to create a conversation and interest for readers, thus keep Kylie's unsolved murder current and under discussion.

 

[paul1980]

I'll be thinking of precious Kylie, this Melbourne Cup Day. Unfortunately, people are less interested in a 31st anniversary than a 30th.

 

[paul1980]

When you compare Kylie's rapist and killer with what we know of Mr Cruel, I don't think Mr Cruel would have left his sperm and pubic hair all over Kylie like this bloke did.

I think people are quick to accuse Mr Cruel of killing Kylie because he's famous and well remembered and most of the thousands of paedophiles and child rapists in Victoria are not.

 

[paul1980]

Just a week until Melbourne Cup Day. I'll be remembering precious Kylie on that day.

 

[paul1980]

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/...t/news-story/009fbf589c7cafa2d657c396db285a33

 

[paul1980]

I've been in contact with one of Kylie's schoolfriends. She still bears emotional trauma and scars, especially as it is unsolved. She said that there is a new true crime book in the works and that one of the chapters might be devoted to Kylie's case.

 

[paul1980]

Saw this posted on Facebook by a News Corp journalist and author:

Emily Webb Books
February 24 at 9:01am ·
About to embark on writing something on Kylie Maybury who was murdered in 1984. Still unsolved. She was 6 and had gone 150m up the road to buy sugar on Melbourne Cup Day. Her body was found in a gutter in Preston. I have had a few emails from school friends of Kylie's who are still deeply affected by her murder all these years later.

 

[paul1980]

I would dearly love this case to be solved. It's both shocking and depressing that it hasn't. Especially as the rapist-killer was clumsy - leaving his pubic hair, semen and DNA all over Kylie.

 

[paul1980]

Herald Sun journalist Keith Moor recently told me that he has tried to get tv producers interested in a telemovie about Kylie Maybury or even a dramatised reconstruction but so far every production house has declined him.

 

[paul1980]

I've talked to someone in News and Current Affairs at the ABC. It's *not an official confirmation* but they have *expressed interest* in Kylie's case and seem keen to make something happen.

fingers crossed...

 

[paul1980]

Here's the online bookstore blurb for the upcoming book which devotes a chapter to Kylie Maybury:

Suburban Nightmare

by Emily Webb



Think nothing ever happens where you live?
Suburban Nightmare is a collection of stories that are hard to believe, except they really happened – and all in the streets and homes of the Australia many of us know and live. The suburbs.
These cases range from recent murders to some historical stories that will shock and surprise.
One of Australia’s best young true crime writers, Emily Webb probes the black underbelly of our towns and suburbs, and exposes the darkness at the heart of Australian life.

 

[paul1980]

Keith Moor has interviewed Kylie's mum, Julie Maybury, for an upcoming Herald Sun article. He indicates that the article will be extensive.

 

[Jenelle]

This just appeared on my twitter feed from 7 News Melbourne- [video=twitter;740727202149371904]https://twitter.com/7newsmelbourne/status/740727202149371904[/video]

Detectives have arrested a 73-year-old man following the abduction and murder of 6-year-old Kylie Maybury in 1984.

 

[PrimeSuspect]

Investigators are hoping two anonymous callers who called the police with information will come forward.
The first witness called police on 21 November, 1984, in regards to a Holden Kingswood station wagon that they asserted was involved in Kylie’s death.
The second caller to Crime Stoppers in May, 1997, nominated a person of interest that may be able to assist with the investigation.

Investigators have also released an image of a similar vehicle described by witnesses. The Waterford Park man remains in custody, assisting detectives with their enquiries.

http://www.vicpolicenews.com.au/new...ollowing-murder-of-kylie-maybury-in-1984.html

WOW! such promising news! I found a news article about it.

 

[paul1980]

My thoughts are with Kylie's sister and their mother today.

 

[0101ABA]

He said there were at least three, and possibly four, people who could help with the investigation.

At the time of Kylie’s disappearance neighbour, Lorna Simpson, was searching for Kylie at the corner of Gregory Grove and Plenty Rd in East Preston when she was approached by a young Italian girl about 5.30pm. Police want to speak to that girl.

“We’ve been unable to find Lorna. She may actually have passed away ... we’re hopeful a family member or friend may come forward and help us in that way,” Inspector Hughes said.

“We’ve taken the unusual step ... to speak to the media today, because there’s a number of people we want to come forward.”

Among those people included a girl at the time that Lorna described, “an attractive young Italian girl” of slim build.

Inspector Hughes said that girl would now be anywhere 40 to 50 years old.

http://www.cairnspost.com.au/news/n...r/news-story/1c59dc4508b341474473ce6042a2be37