3.15pm: The 22nd witness in the trial is Anne Marie Rhodes who lives at 5 Deerhurst St at Brookfield.
She said she heard fighting and a scream around 10pm on April 19, 2012.
Fifteen to 30 minutes later I heard a loud thud and quite soon after that I heard car wheels scream and a car go back, in my mind, towards Brookfield, she said.
She said she was in the bathroom brushing her teeth.
I just heard an argument, I couldnt make out what was being said and I didnt pay much attention to it, she said.
She said the noise was moderate and she couldnt tell if there were two people involved or distinguish a mans or a womans voice.
It was not long after I noticed the time
it was 10 oclock and then I heard a scream after that, Ms Rhodes said.
Ms Rhodes said the fighting came from the direction of Brookfield Rd, near to the day care centre.
Once again, it was just a female scream and it was fairly short in duration and there was only one, she said.
I thought it came from Brookfield Rd or up towards the day care centre, she said.
The jury was directed to the child care centre on the map, located next door to the Baden-Clay residence.
Ms Rhodes said around half an hour later she heard a ``loud, dull thud and screeching tyres.
I heard a dull thud and wondered whether a car had had an accident initially and I was just about to get out of bed and get my husband
, she said.
``Loud and dull. It was like a sack of horse feed falling onto concrete or something.
Ms Rhodes said she was sitting in bed reading and estimated the time between the scream and the thud as being 15 minutes to half an hour.
In cross-examination by barrister Michael Byrne QC, for Baden-Clay she agreed she gave two statements to police on June 7, 2012 and on May 30, 2012.
She said it was very rare to hear school kids in the area on a week night.
I couldnt accurately put a date to the scream however I knew which night it specifically was because it was the night I went to bed before my husband, which was unusual in our family, she said.
She said her husband went to a conference the next day and agreed they put their heads together to work out the date she heard the noises.
Ms Rhodes said she went to the police command post at the Brookfield Showgrounds on April 20, 2012 and found out someone was missing but did not report what she had heard the night before.
It didnt even enter my mind, she said.
She agreed she saw police searching a neighbours property the next day.
Ms Rhodes said a police officer came to her home on April 28 or 29 asking whether she had heard anything abnormal on the night of April 19, 2012.
We couldnt think of anything wed done differently or heard differently at that stage, she said.
She agreed she did not mention hearing a scream until May 1, 2012.
Yes, we had by then worked out a date and I thought I had a duty to report it, she said.
I did go back a second time and that was in June and report hearing the dull thud and the car wheels as well.
She said she reported those things because she thought they were a little bit abnormal.
Ms Rhodes said she thought it sounded as though someone had crashed their car into a bank.
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