Marg from Oz
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Didn't they find his DNA on her clothing?
Didn't they find his DNA on her clothing?
Didn't they find his DNA on her clothing?
Police have searched a site south of Barrow Creek, in the Northern Territory, one of the locations where notorious outback murderer Bradley John Murdoch could have dumped the body of his victim - British backpacker Peter Falconio.
Northern Territory police - acting on a tip-off of a possible shallow grave in the area - on Sunday searched a site south of Barrow Creek, The Courier Mail reported.
'Some guys stopped there in 2013 and took a photo and finally reported it through Crime Stoppers last week,' Senior Sergeant Mike Potts said.
'We periodically get information and we have to check it out.'
Snr Sgt Potts said he and another police officer spent hours at the site but they did not find a shallow grave.
Yeah I agree. I totally believe he is out there somewhere.![]()
Lead investigator on Peter Falconio murder case thinks body may never be recovered
While new legislation prevents murderers from receiving parole until they reveal the body's location, Ms Gwynne thinks Mr Falconio's body may never be recovered.
"He maintains he is innocent to this day and the arrogance of the man astounds me," she said.
Read more at http://www.9news.com.au/national/20...dy-may-never-be-recovered#f6GrQZpwVvKldXpR.99
This is such a sad case. Poor Joanne Lees (while maybe not the bestest girlfriend ever) got vilified in the press, hope she is getting on ok with her life. Can anyone off the top of their head remind what the physical evidence was that proved Murdoch did it? Just curious as it's been so long!
one tiny spec of dna on Murdoch's tee shirt....whereas in reality, he would have been covered in her dna, had she been struggling in the way she said....
this case was beyond farcical, even the police are on record as saying they know Murdoch didnt kill Falconio - if he is even dead of course, which is a whole other subject...
one tiny spec of dna on Murdoch's tee shirt....whereas in reality, he would have been covered in her dna, had she been struggling in the way she said....
this case was beyond farcical, even the police are on record as saying they know Murdoch didnt kill Falconio - if he is even dead of course, which is a whole other subject...
So, did Joanne do it? Could he have got away with hiding his body? Or was there a third person, unknown, involved?
Thing is, how would any of Murdoch's DNA be on Joanne if they'd never met?
I'm not being facetious or playing devil's advocate by the way, I followed this case in depth at the time but it was 15 years ago so I have forgotten a lot!!
one tiny spec of dna on Murdoch's tee shirt....whereas in reality, he would have been covered in her dna, had she been struggling in the way she said....
this case was beyond farcical, even the police are on record as saying they know Murdoch didnt kill Falconio - if he is even dead of course, which is a whole other subject...
Peter Falconio murder: Former chief investigator laments 15 years since killing and still no body
ABC News
By Kristy O'Brien
Updated Sat at 11:09am (09JUL16)
Posted Fri at 2:21pm (08JUL16)
'Hindsight and time has allowed police officers like Ms Gwynne to analyse the investigation.
"I don't think we were well equipped at the time to respond to what was the biggest case we would undertake.
"We made a number of errors but having said that, we were quickly able to get some order within the investigation."'
'Ms Gwynne said she understood initially why everyone had to be considered but she personally never doubted Ms Lees' story.
"I knew straight away she was an incredibly credible witness, her recollection of the event of July the 14th was incredible, her attention to detail was second to none."
She said her treatment was fuelled by false leads.
"I was in no doubt that this woman was entirely telling the truth, there were some inconsistencies that could be attributed to stress on the night or poor investigating where we brought in some influences that might have contaminated her evidence."'
'The final piece of the puzzle that pinned the crime on Murdoch was a DNA sample from his brother that unsurprisingly matched with evidence at the scene.'
'Ms Gwynne described the moment she first interviewed the man she viewed as a monster: "His approach to me was to try and intimidate me, and I'm not a big person by any standards and the same size as Joanne.'
'"He tried to stand over me and I wasn't willing to take a backward step.
"We spoke to him for some time and you could see the power shift from Murdoch to us as we started questioning him about aspects of the case and he become very frustrated and angry, and almost took a number of steps back, so it was a power game."
She knew he was the killer from the outset.
"There was never any doubt for me that Bradley Murdoch was guilty of this crime - the challenge was to make sure we got a conviction," she said.'
'Murdoch is serving a life sentence and will not be eligible for release under relatively new legislation that prevents murderers from receiving parole unless they reveal the location of a body.
Ms Gwynne doesn't hold out hope.
"Do I think he'll disclose: no I don't. He maintains he is innocent to this day and the arrogance of the man astounds me."'
http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2016-...ator-laments-anniversary-with-no-body/7580682
The can't make that retrospective though can they?
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