Catherine Davies

Catherine Davies has been missing since mid-October and has not made any contact with family or friends.

Police are concerned for her welfare as her behaviour is out of character.

Ms Davies is of Caucasian appearance, 173cm tall, of slim build and with shoulder-length brown hair.

She could be driving a 1993 maroon Toyota Corolla hatchback with the Queensland registration 294MTI.

Anyone with information that could help police should contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000

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Ms Davis body has been located and a report is being prepared for the coroner.

Murdered woman Pia Navida.

Bludgeoned, naked: arrest in cold-case murder

Megan Levy

August 2, 2011 - 10:50AM

A man has been arrested in Melbourne's south-east this morning in connection with the murder of a Filipina woman who was bludgeoned to death in Sydney's south almost 20 years ago.
Homicide squad detectives arrested the 40-year-old man at a house in Langwarrin just after 7.15am today.
He is being questioned over the murder of Pia Navida, 37, whose naked body was found by bushwalkers on February 1, 1992, near a trail in the Royal National Park south of Sydney.
A second man was also arrested this morning at a house in Bathurst, in central western NSW, about 6.30am. He is also helping police with their inquiries.
Two weeks ago, detectives said a routine check of "cold cases" had uncovered new DNA evidence at the crime scene and they appealed for information about the case.

At the time, Detective Inspector John Lehmann of the Unsolved Homicide Team would not reveal exactly what that evidence was but he did say: "We've uncovered further evidence and that includes ... speaking to persons that were never spoken to in 1992."
A key part of the investigation was a silver-coloured Nissan Pintara abandoned on Wattamolla Road, seven kilometres from where Ms Navida's body was found in Bundeena.
Ms Navida first came to Australia from the Philippines in the early 1980s after marrying an Australian.
She lived in Melbourne for some time with her husband but it is not known for how long.
When the marriage failed and the couple separated, Ms Navida moved to different cities across Australia.
Homicide Squad Commander Detective Superintendent Peter Cotter said today’s arrests were the result of hard work undertaken by detectives over a long period.
“It’s only because of the doggedness of this team of investigators that we have achieved this breakthrough after 19 years,” Detective Superintendent Cotter said.
“It’s another tremendous example of police persevering and not losing hope in their search for answers.
“No matter how long ago a crime occurred or how cold a case might seem, there are police working behind the scenes with the resolve to bring those responsible to justice.’’
Police said the 40-year-old Melbourne man was expected to appear in the Melbourne Magistrates Court today when police will seek his extradition to NSW.

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/national/bludgeoned-naked-arrest-in-coldcase-murder-20110802-1i8yu.html#ixzz1TqdFA97M

Siriyakorn "Bung" Siriboon

Bung case 'like opening a bag of dirt'

Mex Cooper The Age October 25, 2011   

Police have compared the ‘‘troubling’’ case of missing schoolgirl Siriyakorn ‘Bung’ Siriboon with the disappearance and suspected murder of an eight-year-old girl in a Melbourne bayside suburb 35 years ago.

Eloise Worledge was discovered missing from the bedroom of her Beaumaris home and her window’s fly wire cut in January, 1976.

Despite the state’s biggest-ever missing person case and years of subsequent police work, nobody has discovered what happened to the little girl and her body has never been found.

Detective Superintendent Brett Guerin today said detectives had even less to work with to find Boronia schoolgirl Siriyakorn, who vanished four months ago, than those who investigated Eloise Worledge’s case.

Siriyakorn  was last seen by her step-father Fred Pattison and her mother Vannida as she set off for the short walk from her Elsie Street home to her Boronia high school on June 2.

The couple still believe their daughter is alive.

Detective Superintendent Guerin today said the newly formed Task Force Puma would double the number of police officers working on the case, which he described as ‘‘very unusual’’ and ‘‘troubling’’.

He said the diligence of the homicide squad, originally tasked with investigating Siriyakorn ’s well-publicised disappearance, had led to a large number of enquiries that still needed to be worked through.

Police have received more than 500 phone calls relating to the case and 70 people have been touted as possible suspects.

Detective Superintendent Guerin said this list had been whittled down to a ‘‘handful’’ and police had no ‘‘firm suspects’’.

‘‘Some of these have been discounted reasonably quickly but others need far more work,’’ he said.

‘‘We have a number of individuals that cannot be alibied at the moment. That doesn’t make them suspects, it just makes them people of interest to the investigators.’’

About 100 registered sex offenders in the surrounding areas and the residents of 450 homes that live on routes that Siriyakorn  could have walked to school are to be spoken to by police.

Detective Superintendent Guerin  said there ‘‘was no evidence whatsoever’’ that whoever was responsible for Siriyakorn ’s disappearance would target another victim.

But he warned parents to discuss ‘stranger danger’ with their children, including trusting their natural instincts and going to a populated area if they felt threatened.

‘‘They have a good sense of what’s dangerous to them,’’ he said.

Detective Superintendent Guerin said the lack of evidence surrounding Siriyakorn’s disappearance had reminded investigators of the case of Eloise Worledge, which has never been solved.

‘‘The detectives in that case at least had a crime scene to work from - there was a bedroom with a cut wire window so they knew that she had been taken from her bedroom from an intruder,’’ he said.

‘‘The detectives in this case have an absolutely cold start, like opening a bag of dirt with a spoon and taking the first bite. This is not a sexy investigation, it will take a long time, it’ll be painstaking and thorough.’’

Detective Superintendent Guerin said investigators had been in contact with Thai police and Siriyakorn ’s biological father in Thailand and her step-father and mother were not considered to have been involved in her disappearance.

‘‘At this stage, no one’s ruled in, no one’s ruled out,’’ he said.

‘‘However, in cases like this we often start with the family obviously, and we’re satisfied at this stage that we’re on the right track by pursuing alternative avenues of enquiry.

‘‘There’s no evidence to suggest that they’re involved in any way’’.

Siriyakorn left her home just before 8.30am on June 2 dressed in her Boronia Heights College blue-and-white striped uniform, blue raincoat, blue-patterned backpack and black Dunlop Volley runners with white socks.

Anyone with information is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.

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Fears held for missing Vic girl

Xavier La Canna June 24, 2011 SMH

Police fear a 13-year-old Melbourne girl who disappeared without a trace on her way to school three weeks ago could be dead.

Siriyakorn Siriboon, nicknamed Bung, vanished during a 10-minute walk to school, Detective Inspector John Potter from the homicide squad said.
The last person to see her was a neighbour who watched her begin the walk to Boronia Heights College, in Melbourne's eastern suburbs, on June 2.

Det Insp Potter said there was a possibility the teenager had died and the homicide squad had taken a more active role in the investigation in the past week.
Despite the fears, Det Insp Potter said Bung's family still believed she was alive.
He said the girl may also have been abducted, but he discounted early speculation that Bung led a double life using social media websites.
"We don't believe her use of social media is connected to this case," Det Insp Potter said.
"This is a worrying case, worrying because here is a girl 13 years of age walking to school who disappears.
"We have had nothing, no information to suggest what has happened to her."
Asked whether there could be links to the Mr Cruel attacks on young girls in the late 1980s and early '90s in Melbourne's eastern suburbs, he said no connection with other disappearances had been drawn.
Child rapist Mr Cruel was believed to be responsible for at least four attacks on children, and two of his victims were 13-year-old girls.
While three of the victims were released, Mr Cruel went on to murder his last known victim, 13-year-old Karmein Chan.
Mr Cruel was never caught but police last year said a fresh taskforce had been established to track him down.

The Stirling Hwy Timeline

Over the last 25 years in Western Australia there has been multiple incidences of young women being attacked, murdered or ...vanishing. With several attacks put down to the Claremont Serial Killer (CSK). A 5km section of Stirling Hwy running through Claremont, Cottesloe and Mosman Park has seen many attacks. Statistically far too many attacks and with the Pamela Lawrence murder back in the unsolved column and The Sharon Mason murder conviction looking less and less safe the statistics only seem likely to get worse. 1988 June 20 Julie Cutler was last seen leaving the Parmelia Hilton Hotel Perth on St Georges Terrace at 12.30am after a staff function. Julie is not seen again. Her car is found 2 days later in the sea off Cottesloe Beach. 1994 Jan 1 woman driving home from Club Bay View fights off man who dragged her from her car and tried to rape her near the Claremont subway 1994 May 23 Pamela Lawrence is murdered at her shop in Mosman Park. Andrew Mark Mallard is wrongfully convicted of her murder in 1995. He is ultimately cleared some 12 years later 1994 Oct A 31-year-old woman breaks her ankle when she leaps from a speeding taxi on Princess Road after the driver and another man try to attack her. 1995 Feb 12 Teenager abducted in Rowe Park, tied with electrical flex and raped at Karrakatta Cemetery. 1996 Jan 27 Sarah Spiers 18, spends the evening with friends at Club Bay View. At 2.06am, she calls taxi from a Claremont phone box. When the taxi arrives she has gone and is not seen again. 1996 Feb Police confirm they have received reports of bogus taxis in Perth. 1996 Mar 3 A 21-year-old woman is bashed and indecently assaulted in Church Lane behind Club Bay View. 1996 Jun 9 At 12.15am Jane Rimmer is last seen by four friends outside the Continental Hotel after deciding not to share a taxi home. 1996 July 1 Police issue questionnaires to 100 suspects. 1996 Aug 3 Rimmer's naked body is found in bush at semi-rural Wellard, 35km south of Perth, lightly covered with sticks and twigs a few metres off road. Police comb bush, divers search lakes. 1996 Aug 31 More than 35 taxi drivers are sacked during August after new checks reveal histories of violence or perversion. The search for overseas convictions eventually leads to 78drivers losing their licences. 1997 Mar 14 Ciara Glennon farewells friends outside Continental Hotel about midnight. 1997 Mar 16 Police say they fear a serial killer is on the loose, release year-old photo of Glennon with dark, curly hair. 1997 Mar 17 State Government announces $250,000 reward for information. 1997 Mar 18 Denis Glennon makes an emotional appeal for help from the public. "Clara's alive - we believe that," he says. Police say more than 3,000 people have come forward with information. 1997 Mar 19 Police release up-to-date photo of Glennon, showing much lighter hair. 1997 April 3 Glennon's body found in bush north of Perth. 2000 November 8 Sarah Anne McMahon, finishes her shift at a Claremont retail store. Leaves work and fails to make it home.

Greer Likely To Remain In Prison

Convicted murderer Arthur Greer is unlikely to be granted parole, despite new evidence that suggests he may not have killed 14-year-old Sharon Mason, according to former attorney-general Jim McGinty. Greer has served 16 years of his life sentence, more than double the minimum term set by the Supreme Court, but has had his parole request continually knocked back by the Prisoners Review Board. His pro bono lawyer Jonathan Davies has applied to the board to allow Greer parole in light of the new evidence, which may explain his long-standing refusal to accept responsibility for the schoolgirl's murder. The evidence uncovered by John Button, who was also wrongly convicted over a murder committed by serial killer Eric Edgar Cooke, was presented to the Innocence Project in WA and Edith Cowan University law students, as well as criminologists and psychologists. His years as a builder meant he was able to find a discrepancy about where the plumbing was on the Mosman Park site where Ms Mason's remains were found. It is now suggested that the remains were above pipes that were installed after the girl's disappearance in 1983, and were not located under a shed then-belonging to Greer, which was thought to have concealed the burial spot. Greer has a violent criminal record, including being convicted of sexual assault, and has been described as "a sexual, predatory psychopath". Yet advocate Estelle Blackburn said the hairs found in Ms Mason's underwear, when her body was recovered, did not match Greer's, nor did fingerprints found on the rubbish bags that housed Ms Mason's remains. Ms Blackburn said witnesses attested that they saw Ms Mason running down Stirling Highway at 10 o'clock at night looking distraught after police alleged she had been murdered. She said she had her own theories about who killed Ms Mason but ruled out Ms Mason's father, who committed suicide after coming under the spotlight during the police investigation into her disappearance. Ms Mason's mother, who was divorced at the time of her daughter's disappearance, was haunted by reminders of her daughter's gruesome death every time Greer came up for parole, Mr McGinty said. Mr McGinty was in his role as attorney-general when Greer's parole was first considered in 2001 and said he considered deporting the Liverpool-born Greer but the board rejected parole on the basis that it needed to protect the larger community, not just in Western Australia. "If there was new evidence like there was in many, many cases such as the Micklebergs, Mallard and Beamish I would have had no hesitation in bringing it for reconsideration before the courts but I can't really comment on this (evidence)," Mr McGinty said. He said Andrew Mallard, who was wrongly convicted over the murder of Mosman Park jeweller Pamela Lawrence, had "significant evidence proving his innocence" and Greer's case was "not as conclusive", despite many lawyers arguing that his conviction was based on circumstantial evidence. Mr McGinty said even Mr Mallard had to remain in custody well after he was cleared by court, pending a new trial that was eventually abandoned by the Department of Public Prosecutions. He said it was unlikely the Prisoners Review Board would grant Greer parole to compile an appeal and ultimately the decision would have to be approved by the current Attorney-General Christian Porter, who could take into account public sentiment. "It would be unusual for someone to be released on parole in a murder case and from what I know of this case I wouldn't at all be enthusiastic over the prospect of release." Read more: http://www.watoday.com.au/wa-news/mason-murderer-will-remain-inside-mcginty-20110303-1bgak.html#ixzz1OIhnku23

Arthur Greer conviction of Sharon Mason Murder - Unsafe

New bid to overturn Mason murder verdict Aja Styles watoday.com.auWeb. .March 3, 2011 A prominent Perth barrister is advocating the release of convicted murderer Arthur Greer, saying fresh evidence has since surfaced proving he was not responsible for killing and burying Sharon Mason in 1983. Greer, who is now 73, was jailed in 1994 for the 14-year-old school girl's murder on the grounds that her remains were found on a Mosman Park site where he had owned a dress shop at the time of her disappearance. The remains were excavated by building workers nine years after she went missing from the area and were found on top of plumbing pipes, partially intact with flesh still clinging to the bones. Advertisement: Story continues below The prosecution case relied on the theory that Greer had buried her body, despite it being a well-frequented area, by lifting the floor of his backyard shed in order to dig the deep hole. Law students at Edith Cowan University, under the auspice of the Innocence Project set up in WA in 2006 to exonerate wrongly-convicted felons, have since traced the manufacturing year of the pipes and utilised aerial surveillance to demonstrate the shed's location was not over the burial site. Tom Percy QC, who is on the board of the Innocence Project, said the pipes were manufactured many years after the girl's disappearance and long after Greer had moved from his shop. "There was no evidence at all apart from his very, very bad (criminal) record which was tied to running someone down and assaulting his wife," he said. "The trial was run on his record because the evidence was threadbare." He said the body may have been refrigerated and stored and buried on the site at a later date, which "would account for a lot of the flesh still being on (the body)". "Which totally removes him from the location, so it could not possibly be Greer," Mr Percy said. He said Greer had never been granted parole since becoming eligible in 2001 because he refused to take responsibility for the murder. "He says 'I can't admit guilt on this because I didn't do it'," Mr Percy said. Barrister Jonathan Davies is working pro bono on Greer's behalf and has applied to the Prisoners Review Board to grant him parole to assist him to prepare the new evidence for an appeal. The decision will ultimately rest with the Attorney-General Christian Porter, who has to sign off on any recommendation for parole. Mr Davies has overturned the convictions against John Button and Darryl Beamish over the Eric Edgar Cooke serial killings from 1959 to 1963. Greer also has the backing of Supreme Court Chief Justice Wayne Martin, who worked pro bono as a lawyer at the time of his conviction to take the appeal to the High Court because the evidence was so limited. "It's awful thinner than (Andrew) Mallard.. He was never convicted of wilful murder but murder, which means he killed her but didn't mean to by causing her serious harm, back in the day when wilful murder was still a charge. How do you deliver a guilty verdict based on that?," Mr Percy said. "It was the most ridiculous verdict ever known. It's been a devil that has perplexed legal experts for years. "We find the conviction absolutely bewildering."

Karen Margaret KELLY

Personal Details
Last seen: Sunday, 18 April 2010
Year of birth: 1964
Height: 171cm
Build: Slim
Eyes: Green
Hair: Shoulder lenght brunette
Complexion: Fair caucasian
Gender: Female
Distinguishing Feature:
Circumstances
 Karen Margaret KELLY aka BROOK disappeared from her family residence during the afternoon on Sunday 18th April 2010. 

Karen was last seen driving a green or aqua coloured Toyota Corolla hatchback, with Northern Territory registration ‘700’ similar to picture below.
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Darwin woman probably drowned in river, police say
Kristy O'Brien ABC
Posted October 14, 2011 16:59:22

Northern Territory Police are almost ready to close their investigation into the disappearance of Darwin woman Karen Kelly, after concluding her death was an accident.

The 46-year-old mother of three went missing last year and police treated the case as a possible homicide.

But last month they found her body in her car, which was submerged in the Darwin River not far from her home.

Detective Sergeant Tony Henry says the conditions would have been bad on the night Ms Kelly tried to drive across the bridge.

"The crossing on that particular day, the 18th of April, 2010, the river was probably at a point where a car similar to what Karen was driving would be unlikely to make that crossing."

Detective Sergeant Henry says it appears she drowned.

"We believe, ultimately, the cause of death will be determined by the Coroner," he said.

But police believe the car was swept off the crossing on Lenino Road, he says.



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NT police say missing woman probably dead

Larine Statham

April 15, 2011  SMH

AAP

A lot can change in a year.
Since Karen Margaret Kelly, 46, disappeared in the Northern Territory 12 months ago, one of her three children has started planning their wedding and her second grandchild, her namesake, has been born.
NT Police on Tuesday revealed they were now treating her disappearance from Darwin River, about 70km south of Darwin, on April 18 last year as a homicide.

"There is nothing to suggest she is working, utilising or accessing her bank accounts ... life insurance or trust accounts," Detective Sergeant Sonia Kennon told reporters on Friday.
She said Mrs Kelly would never leave without making contact with her family.
"There has been no activity on her phone.
"She has always been really close to her children and I have no doubt in my mind that if she was able to, she would contact her children."
Mrs Kelly's husband, Darren Kelly, said it was hard not knowing what had happened to her.
"It's getting harder every day to believe that something bad hasn't happened to Karen," he said.
Det Sgt Kennon said there was nothing to indicate anyone may have wanted to harm Mrs Kelly, adding that she believed it may have been a crime of opportunity.
"She had made forward appointments for after (the day she went missing), so there is nothing to suggest she would commit suicide.
"Normally when you think about missing people, their vehicles are normally located.
"We have had no sightings of her vehicle since the time of her disappearance."
Police are hoping someone may have information about the whereabouts of Mrs Kelly's green 2001 Toyota Corolla hatchback, and its distinctive NT registration plate: 700.
"Her vehicle has been locked down completely nationally and anyone trying to re-register her vehicle, or if there's any action on the serial numbers contained in her vehicle - police will hopefully be notified."
Mrs Kelly failed to arrive at a friend's house after telephoning her to say she was on her way.
"We have done extensive investigations, speaking to quite a number of people, and we still have not located Karen Kelly or identified what may have happened to her after she left her residence," Det Sgt Kennon said.
Police have, during the past year, conducted aerial, river and foot searches of the local and surrounding areas.
Despite a number of anonymous calls so far proving to be false leads, Det Sgt Kennon said she remained positive the matter would be solved.
"We need public support to find her.
"Please come forward if you have information - don't wait for police to come to you!
"Anything you have to offer could give us vital pieces of information to put the jigsaw pieces together."
Mrs Kelly, whose maiden name is Brook, is of slim build and about 171cm tall.
At the time of her disappearance, she had shoulder length dark brown hair and was last seen wearing a black denim skirt and a white top with a floral motif.

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Husband pleads for help to find wife

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THE husband of a woman who went missing about seven weeks ago said he has had sleepless nights since the sudden disappearance.

Darren Kelly's voice was shaking as he spoke to reporters at the police headquarters in Darwin yesterday in a bid to find his wife of three years - Karen Margaret Kelly.
The 45-year-old Darwin River man was sitting next to his step sons Jamie Brook, 17, and Adrian Brook, 19.
But the boys remained silent throughout the press conference.
Mr Kelly said the family was "extremely worried" about the woman's safety.
"It's pretty hard getting up in the middle of the night, every couple of hours, just to see if her car is pulled back in the yard," he said.

Mrs Kelly, 46, who worked at the Territory Insurance Office in Darwin's CBD, was reported missing on April 18.
The mother-of-three had phoned a friend about 1.45pm to say she was on her way to her house on Leonino Rd, in Darwin River.
She was last seen leaving her home on Mira Rd in a green Toyota Corolla hatchback.
"It's quite a shock that she didn't turn up at the party that she was meant to go to," Mr Kelly said.
Mrs Kelly's bank account and phone have not been used since she disappeared and the car she was driving is yet to be found.
The woman's family said she had no enemies, no stress at work and she didn't take any medication.
Police initially thought Mrs Kelly decided to visit her daughter in Victoria. But she never showed up.
The Major Crime Unit has now taken over the search for the missing woman.
Detective sergeant Sonia Kennon said all leads had run dry and help from the public was desperately needed.
Mrs Kelly is described as Caucasian, slim, about 171cm tall with shoulder-length dark brown hair and green eyes.
She was last seen wearing a black denim mini-skirt and a white top with a floral motif.
Her 2001 Toyota has the distinctive NT registration plate "700".
Anyone with information is urged to phone police on 131 444 or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.

Rista CHANTHAVIXAY

Personal Details
Year of Birth: 1993
At Time of Disappearance on 24 March 2009
Age: 15
Height (cm): 160.0
Build: Thin
Hair Colour: Black
Eye Colour: Brown
Complexion: Medium
Nationality:
Racial Appearance: Cambodian/Laos background







Circumstances:Rista was last seen in the Mount Pritchard area. Rista is missed by her whole family especially her little sister Alpha.


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Clues sought for two still missing

ANNE TARASOV

5/08/2009 2:52:00 PM

NOT seeing a loved one for months or years can be tough. For most people, not knowing whether they were dead or alive would be unimaginable. But some locals experience this pain every day.
This week is National Missing Persons week. Police are asking anyone who knows the location of a missing person to contact police and those that could be believed missing to contact their families.
At least two local families are waiting for the return of their relatives after lengthy absences.
Green Valley detective David Hatchwell said there was no more information on Rista Chathavixay, 16, of Heckenberg, who has been missing since March. ``Her family are still looking for her, but haven't heard from her or learned anything about her whereabouts,'' Senior Sergeant Hatchwell said.
``She had been fighting with her father for some time, so she moved into her boyfriend's house in Mount Pritchard around November 2008.
``But they had some sort of argument too and decided to take a `break', according to the boyfriend, around March and she hasn't been seen by anyone since then.''
Rista is of Asian appearance, about 160 centimetres tall, of thin build with brown eyes and long black hair.
Anyone with information about the whereabouts of Rista can contact Green Valley Police, 96071799 or Crime Stoppers, 1800333000.

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Gone and Fairfield families left baffled

BY CHRIS BOULOUS - Fairfield City Champion

29/07/2009 5:50:00 AM

NOT knowing is like living in darkness. That is the theme for this year's National Missing Persons Week which begins on Sunday, August2.
There are approximately 35,000 people reported missing in Australia every year, including 900 people in NSW every month.
As the theme suggests, the worst part is not knowing not knowing where they are, not knowing if they're safe. Not knowing if they are alive.
That is the situation facing the family of Rista Chathavixay, who was last seen by her ex-boyfriend at his home in Mount Pritchard on March 24 this year.
It is believed the pair had an argument about the status of their relationship.
Police are concerned that Rista could have been the victim of foul play, as she has not accessed any of her bank accounts and has no known source of income.
She has also failed to attend school and the fast-food restaurant where she worked part-time.
``We have concerns about Rista's welfare and encourage anyone with information to contact the police,'' Green Valley detective Mark Kneipp said.
``We have heard rumours she may be in Campbelltown but we need more help from the community. The family just needs to know they need closure.''
Rista's case is one of several unsolved in NSW, with 80 long-term missing persons reported in the south-west alone.
Missing persons unit manager Kelly Kortlepel said National Missing Persons Week was a chance to rekindle the search for long-term missing persons and raise awareness about the growing problem.
``The week is an opportunity to raise awareness of the growing problem of wandering especially for older people who may go missing due to the effects of dementia or memory loss,'' she said.
``Just as sightings from the public helped police locate British backpacker Jamie Neale when he wandered off the track in the Blue Mountains, we hope this week will remind people that our ageing population need us to keep an eye out for them too.''
National Missing Persons Week is from August 2 to 8.

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Sweet sixteen and missing: plea to find Rista

Arjun Ramachandran - SMH  22 July 2009

Missing ... Rista Chathavixay.

Schoolgirl Rista Chathavixay had fallen out with her parents and had been living with her teenage boyfriend just before she went missing, police say.
She has not been seen since March 24 in Mount Pritchard, near Liverpool, and police are concerned for her welfare.
The 16-year-old has no source of income and has not accessed her bank account, used her mobile phone, contacted family or friends or been to school or work (at a local McDonald's), said David Hatchwell, acting crime manager at Green Valley police.
"We do have concerns for her wellbeing, she's a young Asian girl ... and [we don't know] whether she's found another boyfriend and being kept by him or whether she's met [with] some foul play," he said.
Rista was reported missing by her boyfriend a few days after she broke up with him on March 24 at his Mount Pritchard home, Detective Sergeant Hatchwell said.


She had been living there with him and his family since last November after a "run in" with her father at their Heckenberg home, he said.
The boyfriend reported Rista missing a few days after the break-up, after he did not see her at their school - Ashcroft High - or at nearby hang-outs, he said.
"She was a fairly quiet girl. She used to go to Liverpool shops and Mount Prichard," he said.
"There was no history of disappearance, only that she had a run-in with her dad.
"We have contacted all her known friends and the people she used to hang out with, and also people that the ex boyfriend might know."
Rista's ex-boyfriend had been helpful in the investigation and was not considered a suspect, Detective Sergeant Hatchwell said.
The pair had argued and Rista had suggested the pair take a break from the relationship, he said.
"There were no major dramas. It was a fairly amicable break-up from our investigations."
Prior to her disappearance, Rista had only limited contact with her parents, mainly with her mother, he said.
There was an alleged sighting of Rista in the Campbelltown area a few months ago, but this could not be verified, Detective Sergeant Hatchwell said.
Rista's manager at Bonnyrigg Heights McDonald's said she was working there only once a week, and had been there for only a few weeks before her disappearance.
Since making Rista's case public earlier this week, police had received no new leads, Detective Sergeant Hatchwell said.
Teenage girls frequently went missing from their family homes in the Green Valley area, but Rista's case was of concern because she had not been sighted in a long time, he said

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Hunt for Rista: missing teen has 'no source of income'

July 20, 2009 -  SMH 

 Missing ... Rista Chathavixay.

A teenage schoolgirl has been missing from her suburban Sydney home for almost four months, police say.
Rista Chathavixay, 16, was last seen by her boyfriend on March 24 at Mount Pritchard, in Sydney's south-west.
"At the time [of] her disappearance, Rista failed to attend school and the fast-food restaurant where she worked part-time," police said in a statement.

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"She was reported missing ... by her family after she failed to contact her friends or family for several months."
Rista has not accessed her bank accounts and has "no source of income", police said, sparking serious concerns for her welfare.
She is described as being of Asian appearance, about 160 centimetres tall, thin, with brown eyes and long black hair.
Anyone with information about Rista's whereabouts is urged to contact police.
AAP

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Helen Karel MUNNINGS

Personal DetailsLast seen: Wednesday, 23 July 2008
Year of birth: 1988
Height: 160cm
Build: Slim
Eyes: Hazel
Hair: Brown
Complexion: Fair
Gender: Female
Distinguishing Feature:







Circumstances: Helen is described as 20 years of age, 160 centimetres tall and of slim build. She was last seen on 23 July 2008 and she was observed wearing a long sleeve light blue cotton top and dark black slacks, trousers and black slip on shoes. Helen was last seen near south Burnie beach, but has not been in touch with her two year old son and family since last Wednesday the 23rd of July 2008
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Inquest into Tasmanian mother's fate

From: AAP  January 27, 2011 4:01PM  news.com.au

THE Tasmanian coroner will investigate the disappearance of a young mother last seen in the state's north two-and-a-half years ago.

Helen Karel Munnings, of Burnie, also known as Helen Black, was last seen in South Burnie in July 2008 when she was aged 20.
She was due to pick up her two-year-old from child care but failed to arrive and has not contacted the boy or relatives since.
Her disappearance sparked an intensive air and ground search along the beach at South Burnie.
A coronial investigation will be held into Ms Munnings' disappearance, it was announced on Thursday.
A date has not been set, but it is envisaged that the inquest will start later this year and hear evidence for about two weeks, a statement from the coroner's office said.
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Munnings' mum wants Burnie detectives sacked

BY SEAN FORD 03 Jul, 2010 12:00 AM The Advocate

THE case of missing Burnie mum Helen Munnings will soon go to the Coroner, about two years after she vanished.
Ms Munnings, then 20, was last seen on July 23, 2008, in Burnie.
Her family believes she was murdered by a particular person.

Her mother, Karel Black, wants Burnie detectives sacked over their handling of the case.

"What good are they?" she asked this week.

The Coroner has power to summon people to any hearing, supported by the possibility of arrest warrants and/or extradition from interstate if required.

Police, who are continuing a two-year investigation, believe Ms Munnings is dead, possibly at the hands of another.

Detective Sergeant Richard Chugg said: "The views of Mrs Black are hers to make.

"As the community would expect, Tasmania Police are committed to determining the whereabouts or the circumstances of the disappearance of Helen Munnings and will continue to actively work to do so."

He said the file would be provided to the Coroner at a date suitable to the Coroner after the two-year anniversary of Ms Munnings' disappearance.

"This is to ensure that the full benefit of renewed public attention that an anniversary in such a case tends to lead to can be fully explored in terms of new information that may be received.

"The matter is being prepared for the Coroner, who, by virtue of his office, has several roles, one of which is the ability to look into the circumstances surrounding missing persons such as Helen."

Mrs Black said police had not done anything about various allegations the family had made to police.

She said the CIB had also given out "unsubstantiated information", being that Ms Munnings had been dropped off and was last seen outside the Burnie paper mill.

Det-Sgt Chugg said the investigation had been unable to confirm or disprove that account of events.

He said police were continuing to investigate any information received and again called for help from the public.

A $100,000 reward is on offer for information that could determine Ms Munnings' whereabouts or the circumstances surrounding her disappearance.

Anyone with relevant information is asked to contact Burnie CIB on 6434 5291 or CrimeStoppers on 1800 333 000.

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Sally Cheong

Personal Details
Last seen: Wednesday, 2 April 2008
Year of birth: 1985
Height: 162cm
Build: Slim
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Brown
Complexion: Tanned
Gender: Female
Distinguishing Feature:






Circumstances: Sally was last seen at 3.00am on Wednesday the 2nd of April, 2008, at her home in Oakleigh South Victoria. Concerns are held for her as no contact has been made with the family since this date.


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Fears for missing woman
Lucy Battersby The Age April 18, 2008
Missing: Sze Wan (Sally) Cheong, 22.
Picture: Supplied

Police are appealing for information about a missing 22-year-old woman who disappeared from her home two weeks ago.

Sze Wan (Sally) Cheong left her Oakleigh South home during the early hours of April 2, police said.

Ms Cheong, the eldest of five children, left her car behind but took her wallet, mobile phone, car keys, iPod and a "security" blanket. She has not accessed her bank accounts nor made any contact with friends or family.

Moorabbin police said her disappearance was uncharacteristic and are concerned about her safety.



Her family believe a person known to Ms Cheong entered the house and that she left with them and is being held against her will.

Ms Cheong is 162 centimetres tall with a slim build and long, darkish hair. She was believed to have been wearing a red T-shirt and dark blue track pants at the time of her disappearance.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or http://www.crimestoppers.com.au.

Merry Jane FAUSTD

Personal Details
Sex: Female
Year of Birth: 1973
At Time of Disappearance on 18 February 2008
Age: 34
Height (cm): 165.0
Build: Thin
Hair Colour: Black
Eye Colour: Brown
Complexion: Olive
Nationality: Filipino
Racial Appearance: South East Asian
Circumstances Merry Jane was last seen in the Roseville area

Cindy Crosswaite

Dad recounts finding slain daughter

Megan Levy  With Paul Millar SMH  June 20, 2011

 

 

Father re-lives seeing murdered daughter

Victoria Police call for witnesses to the cold case murder of Cindy Crosswaite four years ago.

The family of murder victim Cindy Crossthwaite has joined homicide police to appeal for information about her death, four years after the single mother's body was found inside her home north-west of Melbourne.

The 41-year-old died of head injuries after being bashed with an unknown blunt object inside her Melton South home on June 20, 2007.
Her 13-month old son, Jonas, had been locked in a bedroom in the home and lay crying for hours before his mother's body was discovered.

Ms Crossthwaite's father Phillip discovered her body after a friend who had been trying to contact her raised the alarm.

Philip Crossthwaite choked back tears as he remembered the day he arrived at daughter's home and knew immediately that something was wrong.
The television set was blaring even though there was a young child in the house.
When he unlocked the door he was met by a scene of horror and quickly realised that his daughter, whose body was already cold, had been murdered.
"I knew immediately that she was not alive," Mr Crossthwaite said.
He then started searching for Jonas.
"I had to walk through the blood to go and find him," he said.
Ms Crossthwaite was last seen dropping her 10-year-old daughter and eight-year-old son off at Coburn Primary School in Richard Road, Melton South, just a couple of blocks from their home in Andrew Street, about 9am on the day of her death.
Police have been told that a dark-haired man in his 40s — 1.78 metres tall, tanned and with medium to stocky build and possible facial hair — was seen loitering in the area. Police say he had been seen in the area the previous morning.
Mr Crossthwaite has described his daughter as a "marvellous person", devoted mother and talented artist.
Inspector Potter appealed for anyone with information to come forward.
"Four years on, circumstances change and someone who may not have felt they could speak to police before may now be ready to talk," he said.
"The smallest piece of information can make the biggest difference to an investigation.
"We are trying to provide Cindy’s family with some answers about what happened on the day of her death.
"Four years is a long time to spend not knowing what has happened and it is absolutely tragic."
Anyone with information has been urged to phone Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or visit www.crimestoppers.com.au.

Kimberley Nelson.

Circumstances: Kimberley was not living with her family when she disappeared on September 21 2006. There have been a number of unconfirmed sightings of her since, but she has not returned to her former residence. Kimberley is known to have frequented the Reservoir, Ivanhoe and Greensborough areas. Her family and police have concerns for her welfare. She is described as about 165 centimetres tall, with dark hair, brown eyes, a medium build and fair complexion.

Donelle Newberry

Personal Details
Last seen: Nov 2005 – Dec 2005, Warburton WA
Year of Birth: 1977
Sex: Female
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Black
Height: 170cm
Build: Slim
Complexion: Dark
Racial: Australian Aboriginal
Circumstances: Despite extensive inquiries by police and family her whereabouts are not known. Missing person was last seen with a group of people sitting in a creek bed outside of the town site of Warburton Western Australia. Exact dates are not known but it was believed to be between November 2005 and Christmas 2005. She has not contacted family or friends since that time.

Simone Strobel

Murder suspect living in Perth

Megan Kinninment | 21st November 2011 Northern Star

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Simone Strobel and her then boyfriend, Tobias Suckfuell.

MURDERED backpacker Simone Strobel's former boyfriend, Tobias Suckfuell, is believed to be living in Perth.

Suckfuell's presence in Australia contrasts with his earlier statement that he wouldn't be coming here "any time soon".

A letter to the coroner from the lawyer representing Suckfuell said that he "did not want to attend and assist in these proceedings" - the 2007 inquest into murder of his girlfriend.

The Western Australian sighting of Suckfuell was reported on national television last night, with Lismore police saying it would be investigated.

The Seven Network yesterday showed video footage of Suckfuell allegedly living in a beachside mansion in Perth with a new Australian girlfriend, a 26-year-old ski instructor.

"The investigation into Simone Strobel's murder is still open," Detective Sgt Bernadette Ingram of Lismore police said.

"We will travel wherever the line of inquiry takes us.

"Investigators are keen to bring closure for Simone's family and to identify her killer."

Simone, 25, died in February 2005, after leaving Suckfuell, his sister Katrin and their friend Jens Martin at a Lismore caravan park after an argument with Tobias.

She was reported missing the next day and six days later her decomposed body was found hidden under palm leaves inside the grounds of the nearby Bocce Club.

Although Deputy State Coroner Paul MacMahon named Suckfuell as the most likely suspect, he was not charged because of lack of evidence.

Suckfuell and Katrin refused to return for the inquest even though the coroner offered to pay their travel costs.

However Jens Martin did return, delivering damning testimony against Suckfuell, suggesting he had lied to police and fought bitterly with Simone on the night of her murder.

Media reports yesterday suggested that new DNA technology may unravel the murder mystery by identifying a crucial piece of evidence, believed to be a hair, found near Strobel.

However, Detective Sgt Ingram yesterday could not comment on the DNA evidence.

 

Kristy Scholes

Personal Details
Last Seen: 22 June 2005
Year of Birth: 1981
Age: 24
Height (cm): 165.0
Build: Medium
Hair Colour: Brown
Eye Colour: Green/Hazel
Complexion: Medium
Racial: Aboriginal
Circumstances: Police are investigating possible links between the murder of an Aboriginal woman in the NSW central west and the suspicious disappearance of a close relative.
The body of Kristy Scholes, 24, a mother of two, was found by police in a locked room at a West Dubbo home, after she was reported missing by a friend that afternoon.

Police issued an arrest warrant for 31-year-old Malcolm Naden in August 2005 in connection with the death of 24-year-old mother-of-two Kristy Scholes and the disappearance of his cousin, Leteesha Nolan.

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Time to up the bounty on fugitive murder suspect
BY DAN PROUDMAN CHIEF POLICE REPORTER
10 Sep, 2010 04:00 AM
THE state government is under pressure to increase the bounty for fugitive murder suspect Malcolm Naden, who remains a step ahead of authorities despite being the state's most wanted man.
Opposition police spokesman Mike Gallacher has raised the bounty in Parliament, asking the government whether the $50,000 was enough for someone to give up the suspected double murderer.

Mr Gallacher is expected to raise the issue to police minister Michael Daley during estimates committees next week after Attorney-General John Hatzistergos referred questions on Wednesday.

Naden has been on the run for five years, including the last three with the first bounty on a fugitive since Jimmy Governor in 1900 the man made famous in The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith.

The Newcastle Herald understands senior police had lobbied the government for much more than the $50,000 granted for any information leading to the arrest of Naden before it was announced by then police minister John Watkins in 2007.

"I challenge the government to consider whether they should re-evaluate the $50,000," Mr Gallacher told the Herald.

"Obviously someone knows where this guy is but the money is not attractive enough for them to give him up.

"They need to flush him out, and to do that they need to increase the reward."

Naden, the chief suspect in the disappearance of Lateesha Nolan and the murder of Kristy Scholes in Dubbo in 2005, is believed to be in possession of two .22 calibre rifles stolen during his raids on remote Barrington Tops properties.

His DNA matched the profile from blood at a burglary at Stewarts Brook, on the western edge of the Barringtons, and his fingerprints were found at a property at Mount Mooney, north-west of Gloucester.

Lateesha Jane NOLAN

Personal Details
Sex: Female
Year of Birth: 1980
At Time of Disappearance on the 930PM Tuesday 4 January 2005
Age: 24
Height (cm): 165.0
Build: Medium
Hair Colour: Brown
Eye Colour: Green/Hazel
Complexion: Medium
Nationality:
Racial: Aboriginal
Circumstances: Lateesha was last seen in Dubbo.

Police are investigating possible links between the murder of an Aboriginal woman in the NSW central west and the suspicious disappearance of a close relative.
The body of Kristy Scholes, 24, a mother of two, was found by police in a locked room at a West Dubbo home, after she was reported missing by a friend that afternoon.

Police issued an arrest warrant for 31-year-old Malcolm Naden in August 2005 in connection with the death of 24-year-old mother-of-two Kristy Scholes and the disappearance of his cousin, Leteesha Nolan.


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Police seek man on run after cousin found dead
By Les Kennedy August 22, 2005

For the past 16 years Malcolm John Naden lived a hermit-like existence in a sparsely furnished bedroom at his grandparents' home in Dubbo. He kept the door bolt locked from the inside.

He would leave his sanctuary through the bedroom window, though in the past year he rarely ventured outside. His reading material included the Bible, encyclopedias and books about bush survival.

The stocky, quiet, 31-year-old unemployed shearer and former skinner and boner at Dubbo abattoir also sketched, but police will not reveal the nature of the drawings they found in his room last July 23.

They had broken into the room that day and found the strangled body of his cousin Kristy Scholes, 24, on the floor beside his single bed. She had been missing for two days and the alarm was raised when one of her two small children was found crying outside the home, in Bumblegumbie Road.

His disappearance and the murder of Ms Scholes, who had been living in the home while her neighbouring house was being painted, has also been linked with the disappearance last January of another cousin of Mr Naden, Lateesha Nolan, 24.

Ms Nolan was last seen at 9pm on January 4, when she dropped off two of her four children at the same house. The next night her blue 1996 Ford Falcon station wagon was found in acar park in the town centre, four kilometres away.

Homicide squad detectives yesterday made a statewide appeal for information on Mr Naden's whereabouts.

The head of the investigation, Detective Sergeant Bryne Ruse, said police believed Mr Naden had fled to another town, to Sydney or had taken to living off the land with his knowledge of bush skills.

Sergeant Ruse said police also wanted to speak to Mr Naden about the disappearance of Ms Nolan.

Anyone with information on Ms Nolan's disappearance and the murder of Ms Scholes are asked to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.

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Police fear for missing NSW mother
ABC Australia Online
Police in the central-west New South Wales are going statewide in their appeal for help in finding a Dubbo woman who has been missing for more than two weeks.

Lateesha Jane Nolan left her grandmothers house saying she would be right back, but has not been seen since.

The 24-year-old's blue station wagon was found the next day abandoned on the other side of town near the Macquarie River.

Aerial and extensive searches of the river have found no sign of Ms Nolan.

Dubbo Crime Manager Mick Willing says police hold grave concerns for the safety of the mother of four.

"It's completely out of character for her to be away from her kids for any length or period of time," he said

Ms Nolan is described as 165 cm tall with brown hair and was last seen wearing a blue shirt and tracksuit pants.

Charlotte Rose Keen

Plea For Clues To Baby's Murder

THE murder of Charlotte Rose Keen has torn a family apart as the search for her killers intensifies.
Grandparents Bob and Lesley Keen say their son Graeme is close to a breakdown over the brutal killing of his daughter, just three days before her first birthday.
Charlotte was taken off life support on December 17, after a five-day battle with massive injuries that police say were intentionally inflicted.
She was sent to Wodonga and Albury Hospital on December 12, then airlifted to the Royal Children's Hospital where she died.
Mr Keen said his son was suffering greatly and they were desperate to get justice and peace of mind.
"All this is breaking us apart, Graeme's devastated. Charlotte was an only child and she was precious to him."
Graeme and his former partner Renee Jones, 22, split just months before the tragedy and had dual custody of Charlotte. Ms Jones was living with another man, Brett Penrose.
Mr Keen said his son was so distraught he had isolated himself. "He won't even talk to me at the moment," he said. "He's so upset, he's not handling it well at all."
The suspicion about her killers has led police to call for witnesses, but Charlotte's grandparents say they aren't sure what happened that fateful night.
"To coin a phrase, there's no smoking gun, there's no hammer with blood on it," Mr Keen said. "Because it's such an intensive investigation we have to wait for police to do their work.
"If she had've died of a serious illness, it's a different matter because you have time for something like that, but this you can't prepare for."
Lesley Keen said her son was to pick up his daughter on the night of her death, but arranged to let her stay at her mother's Phefley Court home, because of another commitment in Wodonga.
"He's a broken man," Ms Keen said. She described Charlotte as a happy girl just starting to walk and talk.
They have pleaded for public help to give their family some closure in this case.
"If we even suspected for one minute something was wrong, we would've had her out of there in nothing flat," Mr Keen said, "but it came like a bolt out of the blue."
Detective Inspector Steve Francis of the homicide squad yesterday described the injuries sustained by Charlotte as non-accidental.
"The fact she was transferred from the local hospital to the intensive care unit to the Royal Children's hospital indicates the extent of those injuries," he said.
Det-Insp Francis said family members and people known to them had been interviewed.
Police also revealed the 34-year-old de facto has two children to another relationship who visited the home where paramedics attended to the injured Charlotte.
Herald Sun (14-2-2005)
Anthony Dowsley and Holly Lloyd-McDonald

Kylee Ann SCHAFFER

Personal Details
Sex: Female
Year of Birth: 1985
At Time of Disappearance on 11 September 2004
Age: 19
Height (cm): 165.0
Build: Solid
Hair Colour: Coloured/dyed
Eye Colour: Brown
Complexion: Medium
Nationality:
Racial Appearance: Caucasian
Circumstances Kylee was last seen at Willawarrin.

Kylie Maree LABOUCHARDIERE

Personal DetailsStatus: Murdered
Convicted:Paul Wilkinson
Kylie has not yet been recovered
Sex: Female
Year of Birth: 1980
At Time of Disappearance on 28 April 2004
Age: 23
Height (cm): 175.0
Build: Thin
Hair Colour: Coloured/dyed
Eye Colour: Blue/Grey
Complexion: Light Brown
Nationality:
Racial Appearance: Caucasian
Circumstances: Kylie Maree Labouchardiere, last seen at her Erina home in 2004. Her lover Paul Wilkinson was sentenced for 24 years in May 2009 for the her murder. Kylie was last seen in Erina.

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Police worker on murder charge
Article from:
By Kara Lawrence

April 18, 2007 12:00am

A FORMER NSW Police Force employee has been arrested and charged over the murder of a young student nurse who disappeared three years ago.

Police yesterday charged Paul James Wilkinson, 31, who was dismissed from the police force last year, with the 2004 murder of Kylie Labouchardiere, a 23-year-old from the Central Coast,.

At the time Ms Labouchardiere went missing, Wilkinson was an Aboriginal Community Liaison Officer – a civilian police force employee – based at Redfern police station.

After a lengthy investigation police early yesterday went to Wilkinson's Yarrawarrah home in the Sutherland Shire, but he was not at home.

About 2pm Wilkinson walked into Sutherland police station to be questioned over Ms Labouchardiere's disappearance.

Mr Wilkinson told The Daily Telegraph that he went to the station in relation to the suspected murder but that the real story had yet to emerge.

Ms Labouchardiere was last seen leaving her grandmother's Erina home about 6pm on Wednesday, April 28, 2004.

She had told her grandmother she was going to Goulburn but previously had made arrangements to move to Dubbo, where she was due to meet a removalist the day after her disappearance.

Last year police said phone records indicated Ms Labouchardiere had got off a train at Sutherland station about 9pm on April 28.

The young woman, who had just been accepted into a university nursing degree course when she disappeared, had also recently separated from her husband, a Royal Australian Navy sailor.

The Daily Telegraph last year revealed that the trainee nurse had received 18,000 phone calls and text messages from one man in the five months leading up to her disappearance, and it is believed that police will alleged that Wilkinson was behind the calls.

In June last year police searched bushland in the Royal National Park in Sydney's south, hoping to find evidence to confirm her suspected murder.

Ms Labouchardiere's body has never been recovered.

Wilkinson appeared in Sutherland Local Court charged with murder yesterday afternoon where he was refused bail.

He will appear in Central Local Court tomorrow.

Man in court for murder of nurse in 2004
19th April 2007, 12:48 WST - The West Australian


After three years of investigation police should have provided at least a partial brief of evidence against a man charged with murder, a Sydney court was told.
Paul James Wilkinson, 31, a former NSW police force employee, was charged on Tuesday with murdering 23-year-old Kylie Labouchardiere.

The young student nurse was last seen alive at Sutherland, in Sydney's south, at about 6pm on April 28, 2004.

Wilkinson's lawyer, Frances McGowan, told Sydney's Central Local Court her client had been "harassed by police" during their three-year investigation and she had expected to have some information about the police case before his appearance in court.

"After three years, I would expect the defence to have a partial brief," Ms McGowan said.

"I want to establish the strength of the Crown case."

Wilkinson appeared via videolink from Silverwater Jail and his parents were in the court.

Ms Labouchardiere, an enrolled nurse, packed two suitcases on the day she disappeared and left the home she shared with her grandmother on the NSW central coast, saying she was travelling to Goulburn.

Phone records indicate she was at Sutherland railway station about 9pm that day.

Police searched a specific area of the Royal National Park but did not find a body.

The police prosecutor told the court the Crown would provide a partial brief of the police investigation to Ms McGowan by May 8.

Magistrate Alan Moore remanded Wilkinson in custody to appear in Central Local Court on May 24.

AAP
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Paul James Wilkinson admits to killing lover Kylie Labouchardiere
Article from:
Exclusive by Kara Lawrence and Kim Arlington

November 24, 2008 12:00am

FOUR years ago, Paul James Wilkinson was making headlines with wild allegations of corruption at a parliamentary inquiry into policing in Redfern.

An Aboriginal liaison officer with NSW Police since the late 1990s, he claimed his house had been burnt down and police had threatened to kill him because of his whistleblowing.

Wilkinson was hiding his own deadly secret. Five months earlier he had strangled his young, pregnant girlfriend and would later try to pin his crimes on an innocent police officer.

Although he pleaded guilty to murder on November 12, he has led police on a $250,000 wild goose chase as they try to find the body of his victim, 23-year-old student nurse Kylie Labouchardiere.

After more than four years of playing cat-and-mouse with Gosford detectives, the 33-year-old has finally admitted to killing Ms Labouchardiere.

She was training at Sutherland Hospital as a nurse and lived in The Shire with her husband, a naval officer, until shortly before her murder.

They separated amicably and she moved into her grandmother's house in Erina. By then she had already become romantically involved with Wilkinson.

Neither friends nor family knew of Wilkinson's existence.

Their relationship began in December 2003, and he soon began bombarding her with texts and phone calls.

The pair exchanged more than 20,000 in the five months leading up to her death on April 28, 2004.

The month before she died, Wilkinson abruptly stopped turning up to work. That coincided with Ms Labouchardiere's news - doctors had confirmed she was pregnant.

It was believed to be Wilkinson's child. But he was living in Picnic Point with his wife and their newborn son.

Ms Labouchardiere made plans to move to Dubbo. She booked a removalist to meet her there on April 29 but she failed to show up. The night before she left her grandmother's home in Erina saying she was going away with friends but would be back to join her family at an engagement party the following week. She caught a train south.

Days passed as he worried family could not reach her by phone. When her family went through the phone records, they found the startling amount of calls from the same number and rang it.

Wilkinson told the family he was helping with a complaint she had made to police about being sexually assaulted. He said she had been having an affair and had gone to South Australia.

In early May, her family reported her missing to Gosford police. Later that month, Wilkinson set fire to his rented home in Picnic Point, causing substantial damage. He recently pleaded guilty to the arson but shortly after Ms Labouchardiere's disappearance he told police she and a man had assaulted him, tied him up and set fire to the house.

The following year, Wilkinson approached the Police Integrity Commission and accused a serving NSW police officer of Ms Labouchardiere's murder.

Wilkinson claimed to have been present when the officer murdered her in the Royal National Park at Sutherland and buried her near a firetrail.

The officer, sources say, remains mystified as to why Wilkinson nominated someone he did not know well to undergo a gruelling investigation, only to be exonerated.

When police arrested Wilkinson in April last year, he was cocky as he told The Daily Telegraph the "real story" was yet to emerge.

Detective Senior-Constable Glenn Smith told Wilkinson's sentencing hearing on Friday police could no longer rely on him to assist with finding the remains. The court heard Wilkinson had nominated two places in the Royal National Park and three at Mooney Mooney.

The closest they have come is finding a doona in a quarry at Mooney Mooney.

Ms Labouchardiere's family have told police they can no longer deal with the cruelty of false hope of finding her remains - then being dashed again.

Killer keeps deadly secret
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BY MARK O'BRIEN - The Leader
27/11/2008 4:00:00 AM
A YARRAWARRAH man who admitted strangling Central Coast woman Kylie Labouchardiere in 2004, has refused to help police find her body, despite awaiting sentencing in the NSW Supreme Court.
Paul James Wilkinson, 33, pleaded guilty earlier this month to the murder of Ms Labouchardiere and a charge of damaging property by fire.

Ms Labouchardiere, 23, vanished in April 2004 after leaving her grandmother's Erina home. Police were unable to trace her movements beyond Sutherland railway station, where she was last seen.

Before her disappearance, she was training to be nurse at Sutherland Hospital and had formerly lived in the shire with her husband, a naval officer. The couple had separated amicably. Wilkinson was arrested after handing himself into Sutherland police station in April last year.

He has directed police to six locations - two in the Royal National Park and four on the Central Coast - where he claimed Ms Labouchardiere's remains would be found. None of those places yielded any clues as to the whereabouts of Ms Labouchardiere's body.

Female remains discovered last month near Heathcote were not related to the case.

The matter is listed for mention in the NSW Supreme Court on December 2, when a sentencing date will be fixed.

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Girlfriend-killer James Wilkinson facing sentence
Article from:
April 23, 2009 12:00am

WHEN Kylie Labouchardiere arrived in Sydney with two packed suitcases, the pregnant 23-year-old thought she was starting a new life with her married lover.

The student nurse had already arranged for her furniture to be sent to Dubbo, where she and Paul James Wilkinson were to set up house together.

But instead of leaving his wife, Wilkinson murdered his girlfriend in April 2004 and weeks later tried to cover his tracks by burning down the rental house he shared with his spouse.

In the ensuing years, he told lie after lie, including blaming a policeman for her murder and indicating fake spots where her body was buried.

Yesterday in the NSW Supreme Court, the 33-year-old former NSW Police Aboriginal liaison officer faced a sentencing hearing after finally admitting to her murder last November.

At one stage, he agreed to plead guilty to manslaughter, and said he had been provoked into strangling his pregnant girlfriend.

He also pleaded guilty to arson and will be sentenced next month.