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today's episode deals with a crime committed against the child that won't be suitable for all listeners as the
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midweek workday was wrapping up on Wednesday November 11 1987 staff were closing stores and filtering out of
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officers through our tips which an inland urban region on the western edge of Brisbane in Queensland Australia
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at 5:30 p.m. twenty-four-year-old retail assistant Cheryl Mortimer finished her shift at the Target department store
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located in the boo Val fair shopping center after business hours activity around the centre had died down
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significantly and very few people were still around the adjacent carpark which was usually packed with cars was
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now quiet and too near deserted cheryl collected her vehicle and drove towards the parking lot exit where her attention
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was drawn to an unassuming middle-aged woman with short hair and a frumpy physique
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the woman was flagging cheryl down indicating she needed directions cheryl pulled over to assist as the two women
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interacted a younger-looking slim man seemingly sprang out of nowhere and rushed at Cheryl placing a knife to her
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throat the man cut his own hand with the knife accidentally leaving his bloody fingerprints smeared on the window of
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Cheryl's car the attack came to an abrupt halt when one of Cheryl's colleagues appeared and approached the
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scene causing the man and woman to flee in a white Holden Kingswood station wagon shaken but otherwise unhurt Cheryl
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went straight to the police station to report the incident providing a detailed statement of her ordeal including a
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description of the perpetrators vehicle and her best recollection of its license
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plate she believed it to have been an interstate license plate perhaps from New South Wales with the registration
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number ll a four three nine by seven o'clock that evening heaps which police tracked down the person linked to the
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registration number given by Cheryl Mortimer they discovered the license plates were attached to a Toyota Corolla
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sedan not a Holden station wagon its owner resided in a country town in the neighboring state of New South Wales and
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had been nowhere near Queensland that night indicating Cheryl had misread her burka traders license plate
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the bloody fingerprint was taken from the window of Cheryl's car but with no suspects to compare it to all officers
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could do was store it on file in hopes and might lead them to identifying the perpetrator in the future despite having
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little to go on Detective Constable Graham hall of the Ipswich Criminal Investigation Branch
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was determined to find a Cheryl Mortimer's attackers he ran a small notice about the assault in the local
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Ipswich newspaper this publicity led to two nurses from Ipswich General Hospital
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coming forward both revealing they too had frightening encounters with the men in a white Kingswood Holden station
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wagon these encounters occurred on Tuesday November 10 the night before Cheryl Mortimer's attack both
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confrontations occurred late at night in the hospital car park when the women were leaving work in one instance the
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men banged on the window of one of the nurses cars giving her such a fright that she locked her doors and quickly
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drove away the other nurse Nicole clothes had been coaxed out of her vehicle by the man who was holding a map
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and two requesting directions he stood far too close to Nicole for comfort but her nervousness became
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stomach-turning fear when she noticed Hessian bags and ropes in the back seat of his car
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she was inadvertently saved by another hospital employee who happened to pass by startling the men and giving Nicole
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the opportunity to jump back into her own vehicle and drive away Nicole closed told police she thought
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the license plate of the man's white station wagon was llf four to nine this was near identical to the license
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plate number given by Cheryl Mortimer except for a minor difference in a letter and digit there was little doubt
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that all three women were confronted by the same men using the same vehicle and in Cheryl's case he was assisted by an
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older woman yet an interstate search on the license plate registration offered by Nicole close also came up blank a
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police staffer spent their entire shift sifting through a vehicle database running combinations of letters and
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numbers of the perpetrators registration provided by their victims hoping to stumble across one linked to a Holden
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Kingswood station wagon this extensive search proved fruitless and the couple are costing women throughout Ipswich
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remained unidentified although the perpetrators were still on the loose no further incidents were reported two
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whips with police over the following weeks leading investigators to hope the couple's terrifying crime spree had come
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to an end [Music] Friday November 27 1997 was a warm spring day in the coastal retreat of
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Nusa typical weather for Queensland's Sunshine Coast 180 kilometers north of Ipswich before it was renamed noosa
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heads in 1988 and became a cosmopolitan playground for cashed-up holidaymakers noosa was a quiet safe town populated by
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sun seeking retirees and young families they were lured by its perfect weather and pristine beaches looking to escape
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the big city for a more laid-back seaside lifestyle 31 year old bartender Elizabeth young and her friend Bill
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Wallace decided to make the most of the balmy weather by spending the afternoon swimming at castaways Beach a stretch of
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ocean around seven kilometers south of the noosa township after eating lunch Elizabeth and Bill were cooling off in
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the surf when suddenly the black Labrador dog they had brought along started growling at someone who was
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walking along the shoreline Elizabeth looked up to see an unshaven man who appeared to be aged in his 30s his
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sun-bleached hair was typical of the area but he's scruffy King J Brand industrial work shorts and shirt was out
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of place a tire for the beach Elizabeth recalled quote he looked like a farmer looking for his cows there was
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something very odd about the way he was dressed and he wasn't looking at the water the men looked a vaguely familiar
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to Elizabeth she thought she had seen him the previous day - looking similarly disheveled perhaps even drunk
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Elizabeth wave been called out a greeting but the men did not respond instead he gave her an unwavering colds
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their which along with the aggressive reaction of her usually Placid dog made the hairs on the back of Elizabeth's
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neck prickle with alarm the unknown man resumed walking with purpose back and forth among the jeans as if he was
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searching for something bill suggested to Elizabeth that they head to the carpark to check on his vehicle as it
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had been broken into several times while spark that cast the waste page and he suspected the stranger might be
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responsible when the pair reached the carpark Bill's Land Cruiser was still locked into nothing had been taken the
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bill didn't like the look of the only other vehicle in the small carpark a white dust covered Holden Kingswood
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station wagon with a black and white license plate that indicated it was registered interstate bill and Elizabeth
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eventually returned to the beach moving to a spot where they could keep an eye on activity around to the carpark just
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before 3:00 p.m. Elizabeth and Bill caught sight of the strange man from earlier getting into
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the white station wagon sensing something wasn't right Elizabeth and Bill decided to follow the
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vehicle in their Land Cruiser trailing at 7 kilometers northward to the new SOE Junction shopping precinct located a 25
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minute walk from nooses main beach in the National Park the junction was a bustling hub of supermarkets retail
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stores into cafes Elizabeth and Bill witnessed the station wagon driving towards Ponnuru Park a
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large section of woodland located at the rear of the noosa junction shopping center
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the park back on two nooses suburbs making its narrow tree-lined pathways a useful thoroughfare for those walking to
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and from the junction but it's hidden away aspect also made it a popular place for late night parties and hangouts it
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was at this time that Elizabeth and to build lost sight of the station wagon in traffic the entire situation unnerved
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Elizabeth but she and Bill agreed that they couldn't go to the police to report someone simply because they seemed
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strange they put the occurrence to the back of their minds and continued on with their day that same afternoon at
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around 3:30 p.m. the end of day bell rang out across Queensland schoolyards year-seven student 12 year old Shawn
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kingi rushed out of her classroom at sunshine beige school and immediately jumped on her prized possession her ten
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spade yellow Repco racing bike she rode over to meet her mother Linda at the noose affair shopping centre in noosa
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Junction Linda had agreed to help her daughter find the perfect material to make indoor skirt for a birthday party
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Shawn was attending over the weekend Shawn was excited about Sunday's party she was popular among her classmates and
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a love to socialise and dance at school she enjoyed a jazz ballet and playing on
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the netball team her 167 centimeter slim frame giving her a significant height advantage over the other girls her age
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Shawn inherited long straight golden blonde hair from her mother's side that had the olive skin and enormous dark
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eyes of her Mary father teachers found her quiet and well-behaved and she charmed everyone
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she met with her shy nature and good manners at around 4:45 p.m. the mother and daughter successfully completed
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their mission to find a material for Shawn's skirt before embarking on the one kilometer walk back to their house
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in noosa suburbs Linda decided to stop into the bakery to buy a loaf of bread for the weekend Shan
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told her mother that she would get a head start on her bike as she was eager to change out of her school uniform a
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blue and white striped summer dress Binda keaney didn't hesitate in agreeing to let her daughter make the short bike
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ride home new sir in the 80s there was like a country town on the beach safe and secure when no one was a stranger
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parents didn't think twice about letting their children walk or ride their bikes
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to and from school or to visit friends and play in the park until it was time to come home for dinner after she
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purchased the bread Linda would take a shortcut home along the sandy walking path meanwhile Shawn would ride along
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the bar track through nearby a pin aru Park the BART track waved from behind the brightly lit busy shopping center
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through picturesque quiet park lands of the reserve there was a kilometre long ride Shawn had taken a hundred times
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before despite the extra distance with the head start Shawn would easily beat her mother home
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the 12 year old slung her olive green school bag over her shoulders climbed onto her bike and set off
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Linda selected a loaf from the hot bread display her transaction which only took
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a couple of minutes she then started the walk to the kingi family homes that via
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the sandy track when Linda arrived home a short time later Shawn and her bike were nowhere to be seen
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Linda didn't think much of it assuming her daughter had run into some friends on the way home and stopped to chat
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about school or the forthcoming party however when dusk approached and Shan still hadn't returned home Linda became
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increasingly concerned her daughter was not prone to disobedience or thoughtlessness and it was very out of
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character for her to stay out so much later than she knew she was allowed to Linda picked up the phone and to begin
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making calls to all of Shawn's friends trying to locate her but each response confirmed that none of
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them had seen Shawn since they left school for the day Shawn's father Barry King he arrived home a little after 8:00
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p.m. and was immediately alerted to the fact that Linda hadn't seen their daughter since the pair had parted ways
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at noosa Junction around a 4:45 p.m. the couple immediately set off to penury Park to retrace the route Shawn would
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have taken hoping to find her along the way when the concerned parents arrived at the bike track it only took them a
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few minutes to find a Shawn's yellow bike discarded on the side of the path but there was no sign of their daughter
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knowing there was no way Shawn would have willingly abandoned her beloved bike Linda and Barry placed the bicycle
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into the trailer of Barry's you'd and headed straight to the police station the couple walked into the noosa police
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station at 8:40 p.m. and presented their daughters photograph to Detective Sergeant Bob Atkinson
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noosa was a town of less than 15,000 residents and sergeant atkinson knew 12 year-old Shawn King ebuy saw it as she
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played in the same netball league as his own daughter the king is assured Atkinson know would
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be completely out of character for Shawn to run away or not come home by nightfall arkinson accompanied the king
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he's back to pina Rupa the check whether Shawn had perhaps injured herself or fallen unconscious nearby but Shawn
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wasn't there and neither were her belongings Detective Sergeant Atkinson was highly concerned but he knew theirs
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was a safe and close-knit community so he tried to remain positive quote I would have thought that 5:30 in the
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afternoon in Nusa in summer would have been one of the safest places in Australia for a kidney to be upon
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returning to the station arkinson ring the night desk of the local newspaper Sunshine Coast the daily who was past
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the deadline for print submissions but the newspaper made an exception and agreed to run the photograph of Shawn
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along with the details of her disappearance for the Saturday morning edition of the paper
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Shawn King he was officially declared a missing person berry into Linda King he enjoyed a sleepless night without their
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daughter they waited anxiously for daybreak when they could resume their inquiries around town aided by the news
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release that would appear in the morning's paper although no information about Shawn's whereabouts came in
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overnight by the time the Sun came up every available police officer in the Nusa district was assigned to be on the
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lookout for Shawn King he as news of Shang kingi's disappearance spread throughout the local community
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late started trickling in some witnesses reported seeing shown in pintura Park on
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the day of her disappearance but had not noted her as being in danger a couple of people also reported having
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seen cars in a parking bay at the edge of the reserve around at the time Shawn went missing one of which was described
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as a white dust covered station wagon members of the community reported every single detail they thought may help no
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matter how minor every flasher loiterer pickpocket drug dealer and suspicious-looking stranger were holding
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to the police station for questioning however nothing discussed led to Shawn's whereabouts the people of Nusa enter the
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surrounding Sunshine Coast district bent it together like they never had before United in the quest to find young Shawn
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King he has fears for her safety group the community gave an outpouring of support to the girls concerned parents
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while Detective Sergeant Atkinson took the kingi family under his wing personally ensuring they were kept in
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the loop every step of the investigation on Sunday November 29 Shawn's friends celebrated the birthday
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of a classmate at noosa national park Shawn had been looking forward to the party all week the fabric she had
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carefully selected for her party skirt sitting untouched at home Shawn had been missing for two days and hope remained
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high that the 12 year old would suddenly reappear and attend the party but that hope was soon shattered when Shawn was a
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no-show with no sign of Sean emerging the noosa Police Department put in a call to the
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Brisbane homicide squad and to request that for as many detectives as they could spare to make the 140 kilometres
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rip up the coast although there was no evidence to suggest Sean had been killed a dozen homicide detectives converged on
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the noosa township to offer their assistance in the search a command center was set up in nooses Criminal
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Investigation Branch and that was me and around the clock in an attempt to choke
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memories a mannequin dressed in Shaun's blue and white striped school dress was put on display in Ponnuru Park near the
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location she was last seen by Sunday evening chance disappearance was headlining every local news bulletin
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resulting in a flood of leads to new sir police many of these reports led nowhere
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there were either observations or incidents unrelated to Sean's disappearance the product of overactive
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imaginations or created purely for attention unsubstantiated sightings were abundant placing Sean near the local
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balls club tennis courts Surf Club and even hitchhiking northbound investigations were stifled from
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clairvoyants who insisted on having their visions taken seriously into mentally unwell people who confessed to
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the crime but could provide no further information than what was in the papers a total of 700 leads were investigated
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most taking the investigation nowhere however there was one detail that kept coming up in various reports witness
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sightings of a white station wagon with out-of-state license plates in the vicinity of Ponnuru park at the time
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Sean vanished the description of this station wagon differed in each statement some
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witnesses claimed the vehicle had curtains yet others were certain they could see inside and it may or may not
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have had mag wheels or roof racks but despite these conflicting specifics the vehicle was consistently described as a
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dusty white station wagon likely a Holden Kingswood model that was several years old
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witnesses who had caught a glimpse of the vehicles occupants provided a description of a man with a sir feellike
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appearance who was in the company of a plump woman none had seen a little girl police urged everyone in the Sunshine
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Coast District who had a vehicle that so much as vaguely matched the witness descriptions of the white station wagon
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to come forward so their car could be eliminated from the investigation every white station wagon that ventured onto
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Queensland roads was pulled over many several times a day the drivers aggressively questioned about their
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whereabouts the previous Friday evening to save time police issued drivers who were cleared of any suspicion with a
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card that they could flash should they be pulled over again as proof that they had been given the all-clear the search
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for the vehicle of interest in the Xiong Kingi missing-person investigation was no small feat Holden Kingswood station
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wagons were an exceedingly common type of car with 17,000 of them registered in Queensland alone 10,000 of which were
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white having worked the night before and subsequently slept for most of the following day 31 year old bartender
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Elizabeth young had missed the escalating drama regarding the disappearance of Shaun King II
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when she was finally made aware of canoes Elizabeth couldn't believe what she was hearing
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Elizabeth knew Linda kingi as the two had worked together at the mango tree cafe a few years earlier Shawn and her
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younger brother used to visit the cafe after school enjoying milkshakes while they waited for their mother to finish
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her shift when police appealed for information regarding a dusty white station wagon
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Elizabeth's mind immediately returned to castaways Beach on the afternoon of Friday November 27 the daesh aren't
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vanished Elizabeth and her companion bill Wallace witnessed a disheveled man behaving suspiciously along the
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shoreline before driving off from the beach carpark in a dusty white station wagon at around 3 p.m. Elizabeth and
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Bill tailed the vehicle to noosa junction where they lost sight of it driving towards Ponnuru park after
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hearing about Zhang Qing Yi's disappearance Elizabeth reported this information to police and investigators
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subsequently reached out to bill Wallace for further information Bill's description of both the men and
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the station wagon matched perfectly with the information police had already obtained from Elizabeth and other
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witnesses but he also had one additional detail that nobody else had reported Alston the castaways beach parking lot
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bill had scrawled the station wagons license-plate number on a scrap of no paper securing it in a clip that was
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attached to his dashboard the note read LL a four to nine police ran this license-plate number through
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Queensland's vehicle database but it didn't return a match nor did it match any registrations in the neighboring
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state of New South Wales when they plugged the number into the database of the state of Victoria located over 1500
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kilometres south of noosa had finally returned a hit a white 1973 Holden Kingswood station
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wagon with the license plate number of lle four to nine was registered to a Victorian woman 44 year old Val may fade
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back the name meant nothing to noose a police investigating the disappearance of Shaun King II so they contacted
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Victoria police and asked the regional detectives there to check out Val made Beck's address and determine why her
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vehicle was recently spotted in their sleepy coastal Township two states away Victoria Police detectives headed to the
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suburb of Merle bark around a 35 kilometers east of Melbourne to pay a visit to the address where Val made
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Beck's station wagon was registered Velma Becker was not at the house it was occupied by an elderly man who informed
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detectives that Val Mae was the wife of his adopted son Barry Jon Watts beckoned Watts had recently visited
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Melbourne from Western Australia making the 3400 kilometer trip to the opposite side of the country in a small sedan
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whilst in Melbourne Velma Beck traded their sedan for a white 1973 Holden Kingswood station wagon using her name
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along with her father-in-law's address on the registration documents not long after Val made back into Barry Watts
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departed for a trip up north in the station wagon their current whereabouts unknown police ran a background check
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for both Val night back and Barry Watts discovering the couple were convicted criminals Barry Watts had served prison
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time for various offenses including armed robbery and burglary he was associated with another known criminal
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by the name of Val may Forte which investigators deduced was the previous name of Velma Beck
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she had convictions for theft false pretences indecent behavior obscene language forgery and a vagrancy the
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criminal couple were listed as persons of interest in the Sean Kinney investigation although a connection to
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the 12 year olds disappearance wasn't immediately clear new sir investigators arrange to have photographs of Beck and
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what sent to them by Express Mail to initiate a search for the pair Wednesday December 2 marked the fifth day of Sean
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King his disappearance that evening 18 year-old Anil Clark was walking home from his fruit-picking job through
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timbira mountains State Forest located 17 kilometres south of new so as he tracked along the edge of the overgrown
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forest of eucalyptus trees into rain forests ferns Neal was struck by a foul stench he decided that if the odor was
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still bare the next morning he would have a look around to investigate its source at 8:50 a.m. the following
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morning of Thursday December 3 neil clark drove his car to the area of forest where he had picked up the
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offensive odor the previous day the smell was still lingering in the crisp mountain air so Neil followed the
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scent stepping off the track and venturing a short way into the forest towards castaways Creek emerging from
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the shrubbery Neil's attention was drawn to the bushes by the shallow Creek where
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he caught sight of the body of a young girl her blue and white striped dress in disarray horrified Neil stumbled back to
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his car drove straight home and called the police Detective Sergeant Bob Atkinson was in
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the Nusa base the command center overseeing the Zhang Qing Yi disappearance when the call from Neil
00:32:45
Clark was placed through to him a little after 9 a.m. upon hearing what the young man on the
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other end of the phone had to say Atkinson and Brisbane homicide squad detective Senior Sergeant Bob de l'eau
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drove straight to timbira Mountain State Forest following the directions given by
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Neil Clark they entered the woodland veered off the path and headed in the direction of castaways Creek they're
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resting near the creek bank amongst the Lost ferns and shady trees was the body of twelve year old Shawn King II
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00:38:18
white sneakers her cut-up underwear was found in eBay and her green school backpack was located in a bush ten
00:38:26
meters away a small clearing near the creek appeared recently disturbed a section of the grass was crushed flat in
00:38:34
a square shape indicating something had recently happened there Shawn had been sexually assaulted strangled and at the
00:38:44
end of her ordeal stabbed 12 times with two deep cuts across her throat samba detectives at the crime scene thoroughly
00:38:54
examined the area their eyes damp with tears there was no sign of the murder weapon nor any other evidence tenían sir
00:39:03
two of the most significant questions who and why despite all hope and efforts to find Shawn King he before she had
00:39:13
come to any harm her missing person case had now shifted into a homicide investigation
00:39:20
although devastated at the outcome Linda King he said she was grateful that her daughter's body was found quote we know
00:39:30
she is at rest and nobody can hurt her anymore [Music] the kingi's remained stoic and dignified
00:39:38
holding themselves together for the sake of their younger child Shaun's little brother they expressed gratitude for the
00:39:46
ongoing hard work of police in the media and on some evenings brought dinner for
00:39:51
the overworked detectives who were tirelessly searching for their daughter's killer five days after Shawn
00:39:58
was found her family and friends gathered for a memorial service to celebrate the short though impactful
00:40:04
life of the popular kind-hearted preteen in acknowledgment of her New Zealand heritage Shawn was given a traditional
00:40:12
Maori farewell woven with elements from her Australian upbringing the song imagine by John Lennon played
00:40:20
the lyrics encouraging mourners to envision the world is unified in peace and harmony
00:40:26
[Music] Shawn was often regarded for her pixie light personality and appearance with
00:40:32
her girlish looks free spirit and wide endearing smile one of Shawn's school friends read a
00:40:39
piece from the fable paid a peon in which the foreveryoung character of Peter explains where fairies originated
00:40:46
from when the first child laughed for the first time let's laugh broke into a thousand pieces and went skipping about
00:40:55
and - that was the beginning of fairies Detective Sergeant Bob Atkinson and two senior members of the Homicide Squad
00:41:05
took a brief break from their hunt to find Sean's killer to attend to the young girls service and pay their
00:41:11
respects upon the discovery of Shawn kingi's body noosa detectives soon received the
00:41:21
photographs of their two persons of interest berry watts and a vow may back the owners of a white 1973 Holden
00:41:30
Kingswood station wagon witnessed in the vicinity of kanaru park at the time Shawn was last seen alive the pitches
00:41:39
depicted a 33 year old Barry John watts a slim short statured man of tanned complexion with tattoos inked beyond his
00:41:47
forearms and biceps as well as his wife 43 year old Velma fade back a matronly woman with pasty pale skin and short
00:41:57
wiry hair the photographs were accompanied by a note explaining that the couple had outstanding warrants
00:42:06
after skipping bail in Western Australia Barry Watts had failed to appear in court on an armed robbery charge and
00:42:14
foul maid Beck was wanted for a string of burglaries and obtaining money under false pretenses investigators for the
00:42:22
Shaun King homicide investigation put out a bulletin describing watts back end of their station wagon to every police
00:42:29
station throughout Queensland on Tuesday December 8 off-duty detective Constable Graham Hall decided to make an
00:42:39
impromptu visit to his office at the obscure manola investigation branch he noticed the bulletin from noosa police
00:42:46
informing officers to be on the lookout for Barry Watson falmi Beck wanted for questioning in relation to the murder of
00:42:53
Jean King II when Hall read the description of the wanted couples what 1973 Holden Kingswood station wagon and
00:43:02
saw its license plate number ll a four to nine his body tensed the number only differed by a letter and digit from
00:43:12
those supplied to him by Cheryl Mortimer and Nicole close they were two of three
00:43:18
young local lips which women who had been the targets of botched abduction attempts in early November by an unknown
00:43:25
man driving a white station wagon detective constable Hall and his colleagues had
00:43:32
taken every effort to search for the alleged abductor at the time of these attacks
00:43:37
unfortunately the victims had misread the perpetrators license plate the similarities between their recollections
00:43:44
of the plate suggested they were close to identifying the correct number police searched countless combinations of those
00:43:52
digits and two letters in databases their search failing to find a registration associated with a Holden
00:43:58
Kingswood station wagon with the realization the Ipswich attacker may have been the same person who targeted
00:44:07
Chongqing in Nusa weeks later Detective Constable Hall was overcome with guilt had they successfully traced the plate
00:44:16
in early November and tracked down its owner Shaun King he might have made the short bike ride home that Friday
00:44:23
afternoon Hall immediately found it detectives in noosa to notify them of the link he then requested Cheryl
00:44:33
Mortimer Nicole close enter the other nurse who had a close encounter with the unidentified man in Ipswich to urgently
00:44:40
come to the station for further questioning all three of the women were presented with a lineup of photos and
00:44:47
asked to point out the man who had confronted them each one identified a Barry White's as their assailant and in
00:44:55
the case of Cheryl Mortimer who was attacked by both a man and a woman she pointed out what's accomplice as a foul
00:45:01
maid back the bloody fingerprint left by the perpetrator on Cheryl's car window was a match to prints in Barry White's
00:45:10
criminal record it was clear Barry Watts with the assistance of his wife Velma Beck had attempted to abduct the Ipswich
00:45:20
women furthermore the couple's vehicle was witnessed in the vicinity of Ponnuru park at the time 12 year-old Shawn King
00:45:28
he was the last seen alive police were certain they were hot on the heels of Shawn's killers they put out an
00:45:36
Australian wide bulletin requesting police officers in every state be on the lookout for Barry Watts
00:45:42
vow Maybach and their vehicle at 4:00 p.m. the bulletin reached the local police station in the small inland
00:45:52
Queensland town of Lowood located on the Brisbane River 200 kilometers south of noosa constable John stare had finished
00:46:03
up his shift and was almost out the door when he was alerted to the announcement
00:46:07
that police in noosa were searching for a white Holden Kingswood station wagon with Victorian license plates
00:46:15
constable stare had spotted a vehicle just like it whilst patrolling the town during the week in a small country town
00:46:23
local Oh would seeing an out-of-state vehicle was unusual enough that stare had made a mental note of the first half
00:46:30
of the station wagons license plate l-l a he immediately made a call to noosa police to let them know what he had seen
00:46:40
on Wednesday December 9 Detective Constable Graham hall of the Ipswich Criminal Investigation Branch and a team
00:46:51
of detectives from noosa descended on Lowood on the lookout for the most wanted vehicle in australia a quick
00:46:59
drive through the small town of only 3,000 people quickly determined the white station wagon was not on the
00:47:05
street or parked in public so the detectives began methodically combing the town on foot showing every business
00:47:14
owner and a local resident pictures of the car and its owners in the hopes someone recognized the couple on the
00:47:23
following evening Thursday December 10 telephone service employee Colin harm was having a drink at his favorite pub
00:47:30
in Lowood when the barman brought up the topic of The Wanted couple entered the ongoing sir
00:47:35
Devi who the conversation sparked Colin's memory he had recently seen a white Holden Kingswood station wagon
00:47:45
with Victorian license plates parked in the yard of a house in Lowood while he was working up a telephone pole he had
00:47:53
taken special note of the car as he had been thinking of buying a similar model and remembered exactly which house that
00:47:59
was out in front of the next morning Colin Heung led police to an a-frame house on an acre block the white station
00:48:09
wagon was no longer parked in the yard and too nobody appeared to be home police door knocked nearby houses and
00:48:18
questioned neighbors who all had vivid recollections of the vehicle due to the frequency with which the man of the
00:48:24
house washed it they also mentioned the same man had been making questionable approaches towards passing schoolgirls
00:48:33
when presented with a book of mug shots the neighbors identified both Barry Watts and foul Maybach as living at the
00:48:40
property a local real estate agency confirmed that Barry Watson to foul Maybachs names were on the lace of the
00:48:50
Lowood property and police obtained a search warrant for the house when they entered the residence no one was inside
00:48:58
police found empty packets of hair dye in the rubbish bin and evidence indicating that the couple had left in a
00:49:04
hurry a rolled-up newspaper on the kitchen floor was dated the previous Friday December 4 police had missed the
00:49:14
fugitives by a week no evidence was found in the house to reveal the couple's current whereabouts Detective
00:49:24
Constable Graham hall thus the Lowood real estate agency if they could provide any further information that might help
00:49:30
locate Watson Beck he was in luck a rent payment had just come in from the pair via and money order
00:49:39
it had arrived from the entrance a holiday resort town on the New South Wales coast over 800 kilometers away
00:49:46
from Lowood Detective Constable Hall ray lady's findings to noose a Detective Sergeant Bob Atkinson with mounting
00:49:55
excitement they now had proof of what's and Becks whereabouts as recently as the
00:50:00
previous day police in New South Wales been notified and acted swiftly sending ten plainclothes police officers into
00:50:09
the small seaside town of the entrance to search for the wanted couple they were advised to act with caution as they
00:50:17
didn't want to alert the couple and give them any opportunity to flee police were
00:50:22
also warned that Barry Watts was known to carry a firearm and may not surrender lightly
00:50:28
within hours of descending on the entrance an undercover officer spotted a white 1973 Holden Kingswood station
00:50:35
wagon leaving a supermarket carpark it's victorian license plates red ll a four to nine realizing he had spotted berry
00:50:48
Watsonville May Beck's car the undercover officer discreetly tailed the vehicle down the entrance road until it
00:50:55
pulled into a cheap motel on a busy intersection the officer parked across the street and
00:51:01
put in a call to the new Cirque Amin Centre advising that he had the suspect vehicle under surveillance Detective
00:51:09
Sergeant Bob Atkinson who had been fronting the Shaun King investigation from the day her parents reported her
00:51:15
missing was on the next plane to Sydney to be present for the arrest of the 12 year olds killers have 5 p.m. on
00:51:24
Saturday December 12 nine days after Shaun King he was found murdered police circled the grant for motel unit
00:51:32
believed to be occupied by Barry Watts and Val mate Beck using a master key supplied by the motel manager officers
00:51:40
burst in on the room and confronted Watson back inside fears of a potential shoot out immediately subsided
00:51:48
when the couple offered a no resistance and were arrested without incident police
00:51:54
brought the pair to the local police station separated them and launched into interrogations Barry Watts seasons
00:52:05
career criminal knew no good could ever come from talking to the police he refused to provide his name and shook
00:52:12
his head when asked whether the mug shot they had was a picture of him what's the noid having ever been in Nusa
00:52:19
claiming to have just traveled up to Lowood from Melbourne where the pair had lived for the past ten years it was an
00:52:27
obvious lie as investigators were aware Watson Beck had skipped bail in Western Australia and were on the run meanwhile
00:52:36
in a separate interrogation room a veil maid Beck provided police with a story which placed the couple in Nusa on the
00:52:43
day of Shaun's murder Beck claimed the couple spent the day of Friday November 27 drinking and arguing before she
00:52:52
stormed off in anger Barry Watts then drove to new Seoul where he slept for a couple of hours before returning
00:52:58
the pick up his wife and take her home to Lowood when the couple were reunited in the police station
00:53:05
they gave nothing away Val made back sat on Barry Watts lap and two the two smoked cigarettes kissed and chatted as
00:53:13
if they didn't have a care in the world as Beck was led away for further questioning what's told his wife to
00:53:21
stick by him she promised she would Volnay Fay Beck was born in 1943 to a family dominated by a cold unloving
00:53:34
matriarch who would offload young Val Mae on to any relatives who would take her Velma's three brothers ran wild and
00:53:43
were not protective of their little sister if no relatives were available to watch over foul Mae she was left in the
00:53:50
company of strangers some of whom subjected her to sexual abuse by the time she was 12 years old valet
00:53:59
had been called out of school by her mother and sent to work in a clothing factory so she could pay her own way
00:54:06
three years later when Val Mae was 15 she was registered as a neglected child and committed to the care of the state
00:54:15
between 1961 and 1972 Val Mae was in and out of prison on a variety of offenses she changed her name periodically and
00:54:25
drifted between menial jobs regarded as uneducated and unlikable Velma Beck and nevertheless married
00:54:34
twice and gave birth to six children from at least two men she harbored a little to no maternal instincts
00:54:43
her children were either taken away by authorities and made into Ward's of the state or put into the custody of their
00:54:49
fathers and raised or swear Volnay spent much of her time in seedy bars run by staff who allowed her to keep drinking
00:54:59
long after she should have been cut off by 1983 she was a foul-mouthed drunk with children and a grandchild she very
00:55:07
rarely saw living in one of the down-and-out suburbs of Perth Western Australia it was in one of Perth's dingy
00:55:18
pubs that Val Mae was introduced to Barry Watts and man ten years her junior Barry
00:55:25
an orphan had an equally troubling childhood and was now making his way as a career criminal the two bonded over
00:55:34
stories of their time spent in prison Velma tart berry about the time she befriended Katherine Burnie a fellow
00:55:42
inmate in a Western Australian prison Katherine Burnie was incarcerated for the abduction rape and murder of four
00:55:49
women crimes she committed with her husband David covered in case 31 of case file during their time incarcerated
00:55:59
together Katherine Burnie allegedly told Val Maybach that having sex while murdering
00:56:04
a female was the greatest thrill of all Barry Watts listen to this story with great interest
00:56:14
bel made back into Barry what started a relationship falling into a habit of alcoholic benders drinking in squalid
00:56:22
dive paths until they were kicked out and to then carrying on in a local park until they passed there only to wake up
00:56:29
and do it all again the next day it was a sordid destructive relationship punctuated by verbal and physical abuse
00:56:39
despite their toxic pairing their May was desperate to hang on to the one man who seemed willing to maintain a
00:56:45
relationship with her in 1986 the couple married in Perth when Val Mae was 43 and
00:56:53
the Barry was 33 Velma took the surname of Barry's adoptive father back even when they had been able to find work
00:57:03
despite their extensive criminal records neither Val Maybach nor Barry Watts were
00:57:09
able to hold down jobs for long instead they turned to crime into Social Security fraud to fund to their drinking
00:57:17
binges Barry would break into cars to steal past books and eval Mae would practice copying the owners signature
00:57:25
until it was close enough that she could fraudulently withdraw money from the victims bank account by 1987 both valet
00:57:34
back into Barry Watts were out on bail on charges that would most certainly carry lengthy jail sentences given their
00:57:40
criminal records Perth had become too hot for them so they fled to the other side of the country laying low at
00:57:48
Barry's adoptive father's house in Victoria they eventually swapped their old sedan for a 1973 Holden Kingswood
00:57:56
station wagon a car that was big enough for the two to sleep in when they were on the road the couple knew it was only
00:58:05
a matter of time before police came looking for them so they headed north to the warmer tropical climate with no plan
00:58:12
on where that would stop after a rambling trip that took them through New South Wales and over the Queensland
00:58:20
border the couple settled in the town of Lowood the day after the couple's arrest
00:58:28
Detective Sergeant Bob Atkinson escorted Barry Watson to film a back on a plane back to Queensland and put them into
00:58:35
adjoining cells in the noosa police station lockup unbeknownst to what sort back police had
00:58:42
obtained a warrant to place covert electronic listening devices into their souls to monitor and record everything
00:58:48
the couple said a conversation between the pair revealed that the story Velma Beck had told investigators about the
00:58:57
pair's movements on Friday November 27 was actually prefabricated and rehearsed despite having helped to fabricate the
00:59:05
story Barry Watts expressed anger at his wife for telling police he was in noosa
00:59:10
and - thus placing him at the location of Chongqing his abduction at the time she went missing although they made some
00:59:19
other cryptic references to their activities the couple said nothing implicating them in Shaun's murder
00:59:26
Detective Sergeant Atkinson believed he had a better chance of extracting information from Velma Beck rather than
00:59:33
her stoic tight-lipped husband thus Atkinson began the mentally challenging task of befriending Vale May despite
00:59:41
feeling repulsed by the woman he strongly suspected was involved in Shaun's murder
00:59:47
he told bec about all the evidence they had compiled building a damning case against her husband he also told back he
00:59:55
was sure she hadn't meant to cause Shawn King any harm Velma continued to deny involvement in the crime
01:00:04
sticking to her original story about fighting with her husband and him retreating to noosa for a few hours
01:00:10
before returning to her yet she added small details every time she was asked to retell her version of events
01:00:19
Detective Sergeant Atkinson went back a patient sympathetic ear letting on to her insecurities about her marriage and
01:00:26
urgently establishing a rapport with the woman eventually his efforts paid off and as he anticipated
01:00:35
Velma Beck broke completely she spoke for seven hours straight stopping only to drink water go to the toilet or
01:00:45
consume the chocolate that detective said she demanded they bring to her by the time she'd finished talking
01:00:52
Velma Beck's complete statement filled over 29 pages according to back her husband Barry Watts had a fixation for
01:01:03
younger women amassing a large collection of pornography that featured teenage girls or adult actresses posing
01:01:11
his teens what's would compare his wife whom he criticized for being overweight and old
01:01:17
two younger prettier girls whenever Becca balked at one of Watts demands he would threaten to leave her for someone
01:01:25
younger and slimmer feeding her deepest insecurities she seethe with jealousy as
01:01:31
she watched her husband obsess over young teens but she also harbored a sense of voyeurism
01:01:39
during the couples move from Victoria to Lowood in Queensland Barry Watts left his beloved pornography collection
01:01:46
behind to get his kicks he would instead loiter outside and gawk at high-school girls walking home in their uniforms
01:01:55
what's new his wife felt increasingly threatened by his deviant desires and it used her paranoia and low self-esteem as
01:02:03
a form of control he would threaten to leave her just like her previous two husbands had fuelling Beck's
01:02:10
insecurities and ensuring she remained passive in their dysfunctional marriage when it was clear he had established a
01:02:19
hold over his wife what's told back about his fantasy of having sex with a young female virgin when BEC complained
01:02:27
about her husband's desire to be unfaithful what's told her there was one way she could ensure his fidelity to her
01:02:34
forever help him abduct a young virgin for one single act of sadistic pleasure getting
01:02:41
the desire out of his system once and for all Beck agreed to do as her husband asked
01:02:49
even when he indicated that their chosen victim would not survive the ordeal telling his wife quote I will be the
01:02:58
first and the last man she ever has when fuelled by alcohol induced courage Beck made his wife drive out into
01:03:08
distant neighborhoods to help him look for vulnerable young women valet Beck confessed to investigators that she had
01:03:15
assisted her husband in his failed attempts to kidnap Cheryl Mortimer Nicole clothes and to the other female
01:03:22
nurse in Ipswich in early November on Friday November 27 1987 Barry Watts told Val Maybach today's the day after
01:03:39
drinking heavily the couple travelled to the coastal town of noosa over 200 kilometers away from
01:03:44
their home in Lowood certain a warm day would attract an abundance of young girls to the local beaches they began
01:03:52
trawling nooses streets and Shores but the women they spotted were either too old for Watts or not alone frustrated
01:04:01
what started arguing with his wife and drove off on his own leaving her behind unable to give up on his evil plan
01:04:09
what's continued the search for his victims solo trudging the sand dunes along castaways beach but he soon
01:04:17
realized that would be far easier for him to abduct his victim with his wife's assistance as young girls would be more
01:04:24
likely to trust and approach a motherly middle-aged woman when Watts reappeared to pick up back she was grateful forever
01:04:33
paranoid that at any moment he would make a good on his threat and to leave her forever by dusk the couple still
01:04:42
hadn't found at their ideal victim Beck tried to reassure her increasingly incensed husband that his fairness he
01:04:50
would be fulfilled suggesting naked out of the car to stretch their legs on a walk around a pinare park
01:04:56
[Music] there Beck spotted a tall blond haired girl wearing a school uniform pedaling
01:05:03
towards them on a yellow bike urging what's the duck from sight Beck plastered a look of concern on her face
01:05:11
as the girl rode closer and emotion did her to stop sensing no danger Chongqing he clutched the brakes on her bike and
01:05:21
came to a stop before fair made back feigning concern Beck made up a fictitious story that she had lost her
01:05:29
dog in the park a little poodle with a cute pink bow asking Shawn for assistance finding it Shawn dismounted
01:05:39
her bike immediately laying it on the edge of the path Beck pointed in the direction her fictional poodle had gone
01:05:46
and Shawn peered into the thick bushes to save she could spot the lost pup Barry Watts then sprang from the bushes
01:05:56
grabbing Shawn roughly from behind he bundled her into the back seat of his station wagon holding her down and out
01:06:04
of sight he'd be on her wrists and ankles with rope and to covered her mouth with ground duct tape Beck jumped
01:06:12
in the front seat and took the wheel what's made in no attempt to cover Sean's eyes or disguise his own face
01:06:20
confident the girl would never be able to report his crime they drove about 15 kilometres inland before turning down a
01:06:29
secluded road leading through timbira Mountain State Forest stopping the car about two kilometres into the dense
01:06:36
Woodlands Barry Watts pulled out a large bedspread from the back of the station wagon and laid it out in a small grassy
01:06:45
clearing by castaways Creek he told his wife to be careful getting shine out of the car and removing the ropes and tape
01:06:52
so was not to leave any marks on her body or disturb her long blonde hair in a soothing voice
01:07:00
Velma Beck coaxed Sharon to obey reassuring her that if she did as she was told she wouldn't get hurt
01:07:09
after untying her Beck led Shaun to the bedspread which was illuminated by the station wagon headlights the area Watts
01:07:19
had chosen to commit his crime was well traversed meaning anyone passing through
01:07:24
the forest could have easily spotted the headlights and stumbled across them a busy highway was just 45 metres away
01:07:31
followed by a gas station a little further along the trees obscured their view and a nobody saw or heard a thing
01:07:42
hurry and an hour later Barry Watts ordered Cheyne to get dressed then to lie face down instructing his wife to
01:07:49
fetch him a belt from the car Velma Beck brought him a belt is requested but asked can't we just leave her and go
01:07:59
what's replied don't be so [ __ ] stupid I can't trust her not to give me up it was around 7 p.m. when Barry
01:08:09
White's dragged Shaun's lifeless body a few meters of the creek bank and into nearby brush meanwhile Velma Beck
01:08:18
wrapped up the knife duct tape rope and belt in the bedspread placing the items in the station wagon
01:08:24
she then concealed Shawn's personal belongings in the surrounding area before the couple climbed back into
01:08:30
their car and drove away on their way back home they pulled over briefly to throw the bedspread and its contents
01:08:39
into 6 Mile Creek located between two wanton and kuroi they stopped again in Brisbane to purchase milk and cat food
01:08:48
arriving back at their property in low water at around 10:00 p.m. la Becque put their dirty clothes in the
01:08:56
washing machine and started to cry Barry what's comforted her telling her not to
01:09:02
be upset and complimenting her for doing a great job and being a good wife they then had sex for the first time in a
01:09:11
long while although faul made back into Barry Watts were confident they hadn't been seen
01:09:21
during the attack on Chongqing he they went to great lengths to avoid detection Beca cut her husband's sun-bleached air
01:09:29
short and died at Brown then bleached her own hair they changed their clothing style so they wouldn't
01:09:36
match any descriptions provided by potential witnesses and washed their car thoroughly inside and out to remove any
01:09:42
evidence what's continued to reassure BAC that he didn't feel bad about the crime and -
01:09:49
neither should she as the wait wore on Jean King his disappearance remained a mystery to
01:09:56
police and to the killer couple started to relax it wasn't until they heard news
01:10:01
that Sean's body had been found and police were interested in speaking to the owner of a white station wagon that
01:10:08
the pair became spooked Watson Beck hastily packed suitcases got in their car and a left Lowood they
01:10:17
headed interstate towards Victoria where they figured they would be open to saw their car quickly for cash to avoid
01:10:23
being caught knowing they needed to keep the station wagon off the highways while
01:10:29
police were actively searching for it the pair took along rural routes after they passed over the border into New
01:10:37
South Wales they settled into a motel in the scenic seaside town of the entrance
01:10:41
about 100 kilometres north of Sydney together they devised the story to tell police should they ever be questioned in
01:10:49
relation to Shaun's murder what surged his wife - never confess nor believe any story that he had confessed
01:10:57
unless she heard it with her own ears the rent on the couple's Lowood property was jus and today planned to eventually
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return to the house once the public interest in chongqing is murder faded and became another forgotten cold case
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not wanting the hassle of a real estate agent knocking on the door of their Lowood house looking for rent and
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perhaps raising questions about the couple's unexplained absence Watson back sent a money order through to cover the
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payment inadvertently creating a paper trail that led police right to them after Velma Beck's confession for the
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abduction rape and murder of Jean King II she was returned to her soul the Cova listening devices recorded her telling
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her husband that she had made a confession she said quote the only thing I didn't put in the statement was what
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happened between her and me I just couldn't tell them that Barry Watts responded that's quite understandable
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I'm glad you didn't police searched 6 Mile Creek and recovered the discarded knife
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duct tape rope belt and a bedspread used in the crime the tape still contained strands of Shawn's distinctive golden
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hair investigators showed Barry what's his wife's lengthy and incredibly detailed statement that implicated them
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both in Chongqing Lee's murder and although he was taken aback he remained tight-lipped
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he barked that investigators quote you might know what happened that you've got to prove it when he was returned to his
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cell what couldn't stop himself from flying off the handle aback for her betrayal as soon as they were left alone
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he grounded her through the wall unaware everything he said was being recorded what quote
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you hung me good on you top Worf if you hadn't betrayed me we could have got away with it back no jury in the land
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would have found us innocent you know it and I know it but no one saw us pick her
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up and throw her in the car no one seen her in the car no one's seen us kill her if you hadn't
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confessed they didn't have a case over the following 20 hours the two continued to incriminate themselves further down a
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back tried to convince her husband to plead insanity telling him quote if you just listen to me you will get out of it
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I won't but you will I can't plead insanity but you can you're off your tap going out and raping
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somebody is one thing but to kill somebody in cold blood and did not have any compassion at all that worried me
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it's been worrying me for weeks since it happened because you told me it wouldn't
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bother you but I thought it would what's responded coldly I'd like to do it again
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you wanted to as well you wanted to do it again the couple began planing a suicide pact scheduled to be carried out
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the following week on the one-year anniversary of their marriage on December 15 1987 the day before what
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would have been chance 13th birthday Barry Watson - Velma Beck were formally charged with her abduction rape and a
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murder the two were sent to separate prisons to await their trials where they were put among their general population
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Barry Watts did not have an easy time in prison due to the fact his crimes involved a child he was targeted by
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other inmates as the date of his wedding anniversary approached her correctional officer at
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the Brisbane prison complex found what's crying in his cell claiming that he was
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sick of being hassled for Shaun kingi's murder when the officer pointed out he had to expect some harassment for that
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sort of crime what's denied killing Shaun at a meeting only to having sexually assaulted her
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when the officer then asked who had killed Sean Barie Watts replied she did Velma Beck the killer couple's December
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wedding anniversary came into when and to neither Barry Watts nor Velma Beck uphill to their side of their suicide
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pact the pair didn't see each other again until April the following year when they arrived at the noosa heads
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magistrate's court for their committal hearing there they were greeted by a noose hanging from the court clock tower
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and hundreds of people with placards who had gathered to scream abuse at them when the detectives who had led the
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toyless investigation arrived to the courthouse the mood of the crowd suddenly changed someone called out for
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three cheers as enthusiastic applause erupted there was a moment of great pride for the officers many of whom were
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used to the public's contempt and disapproval in an error marred by police corruption when the committal hearings
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commenced Velma Beck pleaded guilty to shanking his abduction and rape but not guilty to her murder her husband Barry
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Watts pleaded not guilty on all charges as the pair had turned on one another and we're now accusing the other fashon
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kingi's murder they were committed to stand trial separately Velma Beck's trial came first beginning in October
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1988 Beck's written confession took 90 minutes for the prosecution to read out in full detailing every lurid detail
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later Becker told the shocked and sickened Court that shown quote never cried never shed a tear a brave little
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girl she never uttered a peep she just did everything he told her Beck painted herself as a passive observer and
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unwilling participant to the crime motivated by a man she loved and was afraid to lose she told the court I
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didn't feel I had the qualities to hold a man and I was terrified Barry was going to leave me for a younger woman
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however the prosecution then presented the court with the audio collected from Nicosia listening devices placed in the
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accused cells shortly after their arrest during one recording beck told her husband that she had left out of her
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confession quote what happened between her and me this indicated Beck was a far more active participant in the attack on
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Schanke than she was willing to admit [Music] Barry Watts never made his own official
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statement to police so there was nothing to contradict the Velma Beck's version of offense at the conclusion of her
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trial the jury took just three hours to find her guilty of Shawn kingi's murder believing she was an active in the
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willing participant on October 20 1988 Queensland Supreme Court justice Kelly called Velma
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Beck callous and depraved before sentencing her to three years imprisonment for the abduction ten years
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for the rape and a life for the murder of Jean King II Velma Beck quickly became the most hated woman in Australia
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and was targeted by other inmates many of whom had children of their own and couldn't understand how a mother of six
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could do something so depraved to an innocent child for the sake of a man urine and feces were thrown at Becca
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regularly and to spread Ayotte around her prison cell and she was subjected to frequent through violent attacks
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sometimes to the point of unconsciousness after being seriously injured by a blow to the head from a tin
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can in a sock Beck was transferred to another Correctional Centre in Townsville for her own safety
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barry watt stood trial for the abduction rape and murder of Schanke a year after
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his wife still maintaining his innocence on all charges as Watts had made no admissions
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the prosecution relied heavily on the CofO recordings of his conversations with Bell Maybach following their arrest
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the recordings were corroborated by beck herself who had since divorced her husband and agreed to testify against
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him Elizabeth young the woman who had witnessed Barry Watts behaving suspiciously on castaways beach shortly
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before he abducted and murdered Chongqing he testified at his trial she said she wanted to look what straight in
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the eye and have him quote go to bed every single night thinking there is a woman out there who put him behind bars
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although Elizabeth provided investigators with the breakthrough needed to identify Chan's killers she
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struggled with the guilt of not reporting what's before he had the opportunity to harm Shawn quote my big
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regret is that I didn't do something on the first day but it's like trying to prevent a car accident before it happens
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nothing I did was ever going to bring her back but I stopped him from doing it to anyone else
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Barry Watts trial lasted eight days On February 8 1990 after six hours of deliberations a jury found him guilty of
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Shawn King his abduction rape and murder he was sentenced to three years 15 years
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and of life respectively upon sentencing Queensland a Supreme Court justice Kelly remarked quote the
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vulgar crime shows you to be an evil man void of any sense of morality justice Kelley told the court the circumstances
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of Shaun King his murder was so abhorrent that Barry Watts file should be marked never to be released
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while he was in prison Barry Watts boasted to other inmates about the murder of not only Shaun King
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II but of another young woman as well to determine the validity of these claims an undercover police officer was planted
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in Barry what cell in an attempt to coax information from the convicted killer meanwhile investigators combed through a
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missing person and unsolved murder cases hoping to find a connection to Barry Watts one case the stood out to
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investigators was the disappearance of 31 year old a Queensland mother Helen Mary Feeney Helen was a petite woman
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with light sandy hair who had vanished at 6:30 p.m. on October 29 1987 Mia weeks before Shaun King is murder Helen
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Feeney was studying to be a teacher at a college in North Brisbane her what Holden Gemini sedan was found abandoned
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in the college's parking lot the driver's side window smashed no sign of Helen had since been found
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and she was presumed murdered the timing of Helens disappearance coincided with the beginning of Barry Watson devour
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Maybachs crime spree less than two weeks after Helen vanished Watson Beck attempted to abduct three
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women in Ipswich located just 40 kilometers away from Helens College investigators pressed what's fair
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information about Helen Feeney saying they wanted to pronounce her dead and to locate her remains to provide closure
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for her family but the convicted killer denied having anything to do with the mother's disappearance
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once again Velma Beck implicated her ex-husband telling investigators what's killed the young mother during a
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bungled car break-in according to bec they parked a couple of spaces away from a small white car and
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she acted as a lookout for watts as he broke into the vehicle back heard the sound of glass smashing and shortly
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thereafter what's placed something wrapped in a red dunno into the rear of their station
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wagon Becca claimed she did not see a body but quote vaguely saw what looked like
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somebody's sandy colored hair Becca claimed Watts told her that Helen had disturbed him breaking into the car
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and she was now dead Beck said what's dumped the red donor and its contents at the Lowood rubbish tip and watched a
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burn based on further information provided by Beck police believed Helens remains may have been relocated and
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buried at a different location somewhere between Lowood and wife and hope dam the
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subsequent searches of these areas resulted in no discoveries Barry Watts was put on trial for Helen Feeny's
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murder in 1995 but no evidence could be found to corroborate Velma Beck's assertions that her former husband was
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responsible for the crime Barry Watts continued to deny any involvement in Helens disappearance and the inmates
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what's allegedly confessed who were uncooperative in court information gathered by the undercover police
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officer who shared a cell with Watts was not permitted into evidence that Officer
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suffered a nervous breakdown and resigned from the police force attributing his collapse partly to the
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horror of working on the case the lack of compelling evidence or a body coupled with unreliable testimony from Velma
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Beck resulted in Barry Watts being acquitted of helen Mae Feeny's murder her case remains unsolved to this day
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in 1993 velma beck fell in love with notorious serial rapist robert john f-- arden after meeting him at an annual
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prison barbecue put on for lifers their relationship lasted several years and by
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1998 fartin wanted to become Becks fourth husband going so far as asking a pastor if he could purchase an
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engagement ring through mail order the couple were denied the opportunity to marry and fartin was relocated to a
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different prison their relationship appeared to have stopped there Velma Beck later converted to Christianity and
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the cold-case detectives periodically interviewed her about Helen Feeney and other unsolved cases in the hopes that
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the convicted killers newfound religious beliefs would compel her to confess to other crimes however Beck offered no
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information in 2003 Beck was in the newspapers again this time for the friending
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controversial politician Pauline Hanson who was serving time for electoral fraud
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after her release Pauline Hanson told Woman's Day magazine that she felt sorry for Beck and two the two had become
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close in prison after they quote had a laugh and hit it off Hansen described Beck is a very nice lady who she was
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glad to have met adding that the convicted child rapist and killer had provided assistance help and friendship
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when Hansen needed it the politicians remarks fueled public backlash and elicited a response from
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Shaun King he's family who had up until that point avoided speaking publicly about their daughter's murder a
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spokesperson for the kingi family called Pauline Hanson naive and condemned the politicians lack of clear judgement
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after serving almost 20 years of her life sentence Velma Beck tried several times to get
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parole but her request was denied each time in May 2007 she told Townsville correctional center staff she had
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significant information in relation to the disappearance of Helen Feeney but subsequent questioning proved fruitless
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and - led to no breakthroughs in the case [Music] by 2008 Velma Beck had a number of
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severe health problems after being hospitalized for minor heart surgery in May that year best condition
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deteriorated and she was put into an induced coma detectives remained convinced that Becky
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knew more about other crimes than she ever admitted and held out hopes for a deathbed confession there was hated
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debate about whether Beck who had expressed the desire not to be resuscitated should be kept alive for
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that reason on May 27 2008 64 year old Velma BEC died in custody at Townsville Hospital from complications arising from
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heart surgery investigators never got their deathbed confession any secrets Beck may have heard died with her new
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sir Detective Sergeant Bob Atkinson who had previously led the investigation into shanking his disappearance and
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murder was later promoted to police commissioner Atkinson said he was positive Shaun King he was not the only
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victim of Barry Watson the late Val made beck telling reporters quote given the fact that Watson Beck was so active so
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ruthless so organized I find it difficult to believe that the only things they did were the ones we know
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about hakonsen never forgot the case of Shaun King he memories of the 1987 case flooded back in 2003 when the Sunshine
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Coast was shaken by the unexplained disappearance of 13 year-old Daniel Malcolm just like he had done for the
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kingi family hakonsen promised the Malcolm's he would never let the police service give up on finding their child
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the disappearance of Daniel Morecambe is covered in case 54 of case file in 2009 53 year-old Barry Watts sought
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parole but he could only be considered if he took responsibility and expressed remorse for his crimes this led to
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what's finally breaking his 20-year silence about the murder of Jean King II in an interview described by detectives
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as chilling what's made a full confession his parole application was denied Barry Watts remains in prison
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today he has shown zero remorse for the murder of Jean King II and has never confessed
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to any other crimes those involved with the case have vowed to do everything in their power to ensure that Watts will
01:30:54
never be released former Sunshine Coast detective Allen Burke worked on many horrendous crimes
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over the years but nothing made quite the same emotional impact as the Jean King II case quote anyone that was
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directly involved in that homicide was never the same again it was horrific through that initial period we found out
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Shawn had a loving family she was a lovely girl with a future in front of her we were hoping she'd turn up and to see
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her murdered was absolutely shattering Shawn was a passion at netball player and two loved hitting the courts with
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her team on the weekends her tall slim frame towered over many of her smaller peers making her quite be intimidating
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competitor during the heat of a contest Shawn would sometimes accidentally knock
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other opponents over when this happened she would immediately stop playing me to
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gain to pick them up give them a friendly brush down and ask quietly are you all right the King family have never
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spoken publicly about Shawn's murder their focus has always remained on celebrating Shawn's life remembering her
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as their smiling free-spirited daughter who loved parties riding her bike netball jazz ballet
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and who would always stop whatever she was doing to pick others up when they needed it
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