GUILTY Australia - Colleen Adams, 24, missing since November 1973, husband arrested 2018, died 2021

[JerseyGirl]

'We have found her': Missing woman's remains found 45 years later

RIP Colleen

 

[Mandala]

I wonder what brought this cold case to light. Maybe the police got a tip off because in the news footage he was still denying it until they started searching the property.

 

[TootsieFootsie]

I heard on a radio report that the police told him they were going to do a thorough forensic search of the property.

So maybe he knew the gig was up and confessed, maybe hoping to get a lesser sentence. Just my guess.

 

[cybervampira]

‘Don’t ever give up’: Daughter’s relief as cold case is solved after 45 years

Daughter Kaye, who was just 18-months-old when her mother went missing, released a moving statement following the discovery which was read out by a police family liaison officer.

“Today, I have finally found my mother. After 45 years of hoping, we have found her,” Kaye said.

“I want today to also be one of inspiration to all those who live with cold cases. Lost loved one. Not knowing what has happened. Today we’ve seen there is hope. Even after 45 years. This proves that cold cases can be solved. Don’t ever give up.”

 

[TootsieFootsie]

South Australian man admits to killing Colleen Adams, but not murdering her


A South Australian man has pleaded not guilty to murdering his wife more than 46 years ago.
Key points:

Geoffrey Adams was prepared to plead guilty to the manslaughter of his wife
Colleen Adams was last seen at her home in Maitland in South Australia in 1973
The mother of two was 24 at the time she disappeared

Geoffrey Adams, 71, appeared in the Adelaide Magistrates Court today via videolink from prison, charged with the murder of his wife Colleen Adams.

He pleaded not guilty to murder, but indicated he would admit to manslaughter.

The Director of Public Prosecutions did not accept that plea.




South Australian man admits to killing his wife in 1973, but not murdering her

 

[RobinCAL]

Such a sad ending but now the truth is out and her children will know.

 

[Morrisa]

Alleged murderer Geoffrey Adams told police his wife walked out in 1973, court hears

 

[TootsieFootsie]

Poor Colleen

 

[TootsieFootsie]

Thanks for posting this, Morrisa!

I had totally lost track of when the trial would start.

Alleged murderer Geoffrey Adams told police his wife walked out in 1973, court hears

 

[DRT]

Husband accused of 1973 murder killed wife with metal bar, SA court hears

The trial has started for Colleen's husband Geoffrey Gordon Adams.

Geoffrey admitting manslaughter not murder.

"He told police, 'nice guys get pushed to the limit' and 'it's hard living with someone who lives with post-natal depression — they're at you, at you, at you'," Mr Pearce said.

 

[asmi106082]

Wow. What a piece of work. His wife is suffering from postpartum depression and instead of seeking help for her, he beats her to death?

That is murder. JMO.

 

[they'll get you]

Wow. What a piece of work. His wife is suffering from postpartum depression and instead of seeking help for her, he beats her to death?

That is murder. JMO.

I agree that is outright murder with no excusses but 45 years ago there wasn't much help around for mental illness. Was postpartum depression a recognised illness way back then.

It wasn't until the onset of the twentieth century that the attitude of the scientific community shifted once again: the consensus amongst gynecologists and other medical experts was to turn away from the idea of diseased reproductive organs and instead towards more "scientific theories" that encompassed a broadening medical perspective on mental illness.
Postpartum depression - Wikipedia

 

[TootsieFootsie]

I'm not sure why.
it's probably because recently a few people, who have businesses, have successfully sued people for defaming them online.
And it got me to thinking. I'm not thinking that he might sue, though now i have put that thought in my mind hmmm lol. And not only for this case, can we be sued for our opinions here.

Yesterday I didn't post much about this trial, though I did want to.

I was just wanting to ask, if there is anything we should not say here. Anything that might jeopardise the trial.
Is it ok to say if we think he is guilty or not and to express our dislike for anything he is said to have said or our opinion of his character.

I think these thoughts have been sort of stopping me posting my complete true thoughts on different cases here.

I must have had this on my mind because last night I dreamed I was a judge, no, not a woman. I was a male judge, complete with wig. LOL
It turned into sort of a nightmare because I did something I think that would have meant a new trial.
I felt sorry for the defendants mother, saw her in the lobby, went over and patted her back and said "all the best" "don't stress" LOL
I was the judge on the case, about to get a verdict from the jury and I wished the defendants side "all the best" Oh and the mother had been a witness!

That case would have had to be aborted I think and my career would have had a black mark on it forever

So my original question is, is there anything we shouldn't say here. Well apart from something we saw not in a proper media. I mean our thoughts and opinions on whether he is guilty or not. And our reaction to his evidence.

 

[Clair Louise]

Dirty lying husband.

 

[Clair Louise]

I agree that is outright murder with no excusses but 45 years ago there wasn't much help around for mental illness. Was postpartum depression a recognised illness way back then.

It wasn't until the onset of the twentieth century that the attitude of the scientific community shifted once again: the consensus amongst gynecologists and other medical experts was to turn away from the idea of diseased reproductive organs and instead towards more "scientific theories" that encompassed a broadening medical perspective on mental illness.
Postpartum depression - Wikipedia

But it is just his world that she was suffering from post parturm depession. I think that he has picked up that phrase and is using it an an excuse for beating his wife to death.

 

[DRT]

Wife buried in backyard for 45 years was hit with metal bar, husband admits to police

"Sergeant Newbury asked Adams — who cried in the dock as the interview was played to the jury — what happened once he got home from the Buffalo Lodge on the night of November 22, 1973."

"I just struck her a bit hard," he told police."

"Adams told police that he left his deceased wife on the floor of the kitchen overnight before waking up early the next morning to dig a grave in their backyard to bury her."

"Adams responded that he twice struck his wife with a metal bar because of "this continuously having a go at me over nothing — yelling and screaming"."

"He also tendered a 1974 statement from the Hotel Maitland licensee Patrick Newman — who has since died — which stated that Ms Adams was "a bad-tempered person" and her husband had never caused any problems."

Not going to add anything. I think the article tells the story.

 

[TootsieFootsie]

No comment, same as you said.

 

[they'll get you]

Murder accused Geoffrey Adams admits 'push and shove' with wife Colleen but no 'hard hitting'
Alleged murderer Geoffrey Gordon Adams told police in an interview played to a South Australian Supreme Court jury that he and his wife would push each other but never engage in "hard hitting" before she disappeared in 1973

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-08-12/murder-accused-geoffrey-adams-admits-push-and-shove-with-wife/12545254

 

[they'll get you]

A 2 page article prompted police to take another look.


Sergeant Michael Newbury told the jury he went to Adams's home in Wallaroo in September 2018 — the day after a two-page article was published about the cold case.

The court has heard that over three days, police conducted multiple records of interview with Adams, spanning many hours before he confessed to killing her.

Murder accused admits 'push and shove' with wife but no 'hard hitting'

 

[they'll get you]

Another narcissist husband pleading for his wife to come home knowing full well she’s quietly decaying where he’s put her.

Adams and a journalist for a 1996 television program about missing persons, pleading for his wife to come home.

"If she's watching this interview, please give me a ring, or call the police, and let us know she's all right," he told the journalist in the interview played to the jury.
Murder accused admits 'push and shove' with wife but no 'hard hitting'