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neighborhood, and two potential suspects not interviewed by police (one of them, a schizophrenic resident of a caravan park near the shopping centre, 18-year-old Sean Peter McPhedran, who was later found guilty of murdering another 12-year-old schoolgirl, Julie-Ann Lowe, on 16 October 1991). The
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Attorney-General again referred it to the Court of Appeal, making it the first case in which the court was to
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Three days after last being seen, at 1:42 pm, her partially clothed and shoeless body was found in bushland on
Redbank Plains Road by two police searching the area on trail bikes. She had been killed with at least ten blows to the head from a blunt instrument, and there were burn marks on her
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Stafford's behalf. Graeme Crowley, a private investigator and former police officer, led an investigation into the murder. Investigation revealed a possible sighting of Holland alive the day after Stafford said that he last saw her, other unsolved murders in the
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Stafford on the basis of evidence which presented a significantly mistaken version of events and that a new trial was warranted. Stafford's application for special leave to appeal to the High Court was refused on 17 April 1998.
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lower body, possibly from a lighter or cigarette. There were no obvious signs of sexual assault and the injuries were so severe, the body had to be identified by its fingerprints.
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expert who had testified at the trial, Angela van Daal, also provided a statement that she believed the blood evidence inadequate for a conviction. With Wilson, Crowley published
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with friends. Authorities were concerned, given other recent nearby disappearances, namely that of Sharron Phillips in May 1986 and Julie-Anne Gallon in August 1990.
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