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on Tuesday the second of November 1999
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Donna wheeler was murdered in her home
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at Barela in western Sydney but who was
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responsible was it her ex-husband John
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who found a body and alerted the police
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was it her volun ex-boyfriend keith who
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was recently charged for assaulting
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Donna Keith wouldn't have been happy
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that Donna was spending a lot of time
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with his brother Collins since they
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separated
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speaking of Colin he was seen with Donna
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on the night of her murder and then
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there was the phone call she received
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from a male caller asking to meet him
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that night
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Donna wheeler was 30 years old at the
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time of her death in 1999 she lived a
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Kingsland Road in Barela which is west
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of the Sydney City area she was a bright
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and sparkly person who was well liked by
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everybody she had a lot of friends and
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they described there is a beautiful
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caring and loving person
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she had one son from a previous marriage
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who was aged 12 at the time she was an
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excellent mother very loving and
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supportive of her son the first Tuesday
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of November is the day that a horse race
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stops Australia
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Melbourne Cup day the day that everybody
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becomes a horse racing expert it's the
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biggest race of the year the night
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before the Cup done I had been having a
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few drinks with Colin bond at the
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regents Park Hotel one of the local
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watering holes Donna had become friends
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with Colin through her ex-boyfriend
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keith bond Keith and Colin were brothers
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who lived together at angry Street in
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Regent's Park only a few minutes drive
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from Donna's house of Marella Donna had
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only split up with Keith a few weeks
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before it was described as a volatile
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violent relationship at times I would
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get on and everything would be fine but
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Keith wanted more than Donna was willing
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to give him and this upset case Keith
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wanted a serious relationship with Donna
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he constantly professed his love for her
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and said he wanted to get married and
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have kids Donna tried to get it through
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Keith said that she had just come out of
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a marriage and she really wasn't looking
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to settle down into another serious
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relationship she wasn't looking for a
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partner she had been there and done that
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she just wanted to be friends TAFE
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couldn't accept that and it was the
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cause of a lot of fights between them it
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was when one of those fights turned
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physical that the relationship ended
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kaif struct on her heart causing her
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front tooth to break the police were
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called in caped was arrested and charged
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for assault an apprehended violence
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order what some would now as a
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restraining order was taking you out to
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Kate case away from Donna but a piece of
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paper wasn't going to stop quiche he was
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obsessed not long after that Donna woke
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up to find the tires on her car had been
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slashed
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Jeff was the prime suspect but of course
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nobody saw anything so it couldn't be
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proved
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since Donna had split with Keith shed
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become a lot closer to his brother Colin
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and they spent a lot of time together
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Keith wasn't overly impressed with this
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so is that not the first of November
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1999
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DeHaven Melbourne Cup day that Donna
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gave Colin $20 to put a bet on for her
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on the big race she wanted $10 each way
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on the Bart Cummings train horse Rogan
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Josh and what happened that next day
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Reagan Josh treble mates trying to get
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into the clear and sellers the hind
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that's tight there Reagan Josh with
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Central Park and the worry of the
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freight leaders from observable on the
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outside it's citral pack the warrior in
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Reagan just Reagan Johnson Central Park
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Road and just back did it again Reagan
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just from Central Park she picked a
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winner
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she couldn't enjoy a straightaway though
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she as it were but once she finished her
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shift she made a way to the regions Park
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Atoll
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she got there just after 6:00 p.m. where
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she met Colin who had been there
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drinking most of the day Cullen handed
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over done his winnings and then they
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shared a few drinks together in
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celebration a little while later they
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decided to change location and go to the
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Regents Park bowling club this might
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have had something to do with the fact
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that Keith had just turned up to the
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Regents Park Hotel they played the poker
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machines and had a few more drinks at
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the bowling club not long after that
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donors saved a call from her ex-husband
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John John had their 12 year old son at
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the time John tells Donna that he needs
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to borrow some money and donor agrees so
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they arranged to meet in the nearby
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service strathfield Donna tells : what's
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going on and he are started to drop him
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back at the Reach's Park Hotel
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he said he'll order some takeaway
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Chinese food from the Bistro for them
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while she goes and meets John don't
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agree to that so they go back to the
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Regent Park Hotel and then Donna goes
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off to me directs husband John after her
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meeting with John where she arranged to
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pick their son up the next evening Donna
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returns to the regents park hotel
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colonies waiting at the bar with the
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Chinese food they leave together and get
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back to Donna's house to eat it's here
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while they're eating that Colin says
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Donna got another phone call from an
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unknown caller
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after the call Donna Tartt : she had to
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leave and gone say somebody in
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Strathfield again
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and she had to leave straightaway no
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time to finish dinner Colin says that's
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fine but asks if Donna can drop him home
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on her way
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Donna agrees and Colin says he gets home
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somewhere around 9:00 or 9:30 p.m.
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Colin is the last known person to see
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Donna alive
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the next day Wednesday the 3rd of
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November 1999 John makes a few attempts
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to call Donna but he can't get a hold of
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her nothing too unusual she's at work
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so he doesn't think too much of it but
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as the morning turned to afternoon and
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the afternoon turned to evening John
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started to worry by evening he still
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hadn't heard from Donna and that was
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unusual Donna should have answered or at
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least returned these phone calls banya
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it was the out of character for her if
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she didn't answer she would always ring
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back he had their son and he needed to
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make sure she was still right to picking
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him up at the time they'd arranged the
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night before should always ring the day
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they were exchanging custody to make
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sure everything was still right to go
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ahead John starts to call friends and
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family he calls Donna's mother she says
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that she hasn't heard from Donna Rita
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John tries other friends and family
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without any luck hearings done his
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mother back and she suggests that John
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gathered Donna's house she said you'll
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know she's home straightaway because the
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car will be parked at the front John
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drives to Donna's house and their son
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was still with him they find on his red
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Mitsubishi Lancer parked out the front
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under the carport their son has a key
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for Donna's place and so John grabs a
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key and goes inside as you walk inside
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the house there is a bedroom off to the
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right and the interest to the laundry
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room is off to the left it was here at
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the entrance to the lounge room that
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John finds Donna's body
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he immediately makes a frantic phone
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call to Donna's mum in to the police
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police arrived soon after the house was
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immediately taped off and a crime scene
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was established Donna was covered in
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blood she had multiple stab wounds and
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her face was badly bruised and swollen
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she was naked from the waist down the
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laundry room was in complete disarray
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and it was clear a violent struggle had
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occurred there were things all over the
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place there was a pillow in a plastic
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bag located next to her head
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both had blood on them there was a tale
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located in the laundry with blood all
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over it a knife was found in the corner
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of the lantern blood on it and the blade
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had been bent such was the ferocious
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nature of the attack on the coffee table
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there were three containers of Chinese
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food all partly eaten next to the
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Chinese containers with two bowls and a
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bottle of to ease be on the floor with
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two spoons two forks and another bottle
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of two ezbee and a cane of vodka there
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was no sign of forced entry to the house
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police think air attack was very quick
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over in a matter of minutes
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an impulse attack Donna may not have
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even had a chance to scream so the fact
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that the neighbors said they heard
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nothing wasn't a great surprise as
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police were of the belief there may not
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have been anything to hear John was
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taken back to the police station with
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his intone his son with our both
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interview John immediately tells them
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about Keith Donna's volun ex-partner
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John was well aware of the volatile
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nature of their relationship police
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interviewed John extensively and traced
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his movements to the previous night any
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story checked out they were able to
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conclusively say he had nothing to do
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with her murder
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ruling Johnny out put one person
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straight to the top of the suspect list
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Keith bond
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police pull up Keith's record and see
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that there was the recent assault charge
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against Donna and the apprehended
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violence order application they say the
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history of violence throughout the
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relationship he immediately becomes the
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focal point of the police investigation
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detectives visited Keith's house on any
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Street Regent's Park at 7:30 a.m. the
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next morning Thursday the 4th of
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November 1999 now I was home at this
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time
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they knocked on a few neighbors doors
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and feeling that along with his brother
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:
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a fair man Peter also lived with them
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they decided to try again a bit later
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and left when they returned a few hours
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later they were out of luck again with
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Keith but : bond answered the door
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Colin was cooperative and invited the
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detectives inside he told them the cage
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was at work for the day and their other
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flatmate Peter wasn't home either
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detectives got talking with Colin and
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asked if he knew Donna he said of course
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Donna was Kate's ex-girlfriend : tell
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police that Keith and Donna used to
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fought constantly he felt bad for Donna
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because of the white cave treated her
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one night got so bad that Colin stepped
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in and had to punch up with Keith over
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how he was treating Donna detectives
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asked him when the last time he saw
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Donna was and he told them about being
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with her Tuesday night at the Regent's
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Park Hotel
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then they left and had some takeaway
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Chinese food at her place before done I
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got a phone call and had to leave
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well what any and so that was Colin
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certainly got the attention of
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detectives with that one : agrees to go
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with detectives back to the station to
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conduct a recorded interview he wasn't
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under arrest he went voluntarily he was
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very cooperative and wanted to help the
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investigation he locked on her he wanted
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to help any way he could in that
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interview Colin went back through his
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evening with Donna he added in that he
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had two bottles of - his beer and Donna
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had a keen Avoca and these have been
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found at the same bar police he told
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detectives about the phone call that
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donor had gotten while they're eating
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Chinese food and she said that she had
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to leave and go meet somebody in
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Asheville he says her phone call was
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somewhere around 8:30 or 9 o'clock p.m.
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he requested don't drop him home which
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she did he told them he got home
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somewhere around 9:00 or 9:30 p.m. he
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didn't see or hear from donger again
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during this interview something else
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caught the eye of police Collins right
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hand was very swollen and there was also
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a cup on a knuckle but that was easily
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explained when asked about his hand :
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had this to say it happened when I was
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doing the gardening yesterday or here to
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still park the garden hose real thing
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Colin was the last name person to say
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done er alive so they were very
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interested in him what he had to say
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especially when he had meat had gone
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back to her place to eat Chinese food
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which police had found half-eaten at the
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scene but he was being very cooperative
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he was happy to talk to detectives and
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to help you out
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surely it wouldn't be this helpful if he
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was guilty and by now police had
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confirmed that Donna did in fact receive
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two telephone calls around the time
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Colin had mentioned one at 8:30 p.m. the
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other at 8:30 9:00 p.m.
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Colin was telling the truth about that
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so there was no reason to believe he was
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lying about anything else so he did
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Donna gallantly and there was another
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problem that police had they still
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couldn't find Keith on that day Thursday
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the 4th of November police conducted a
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search warrant at keeping Colin's place
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not long into the surface I noticed a
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few smears of blood on the floor in the
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round room but it was easily explained
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both Colin and Keith had recently cut
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their fingers so the blood could have
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been either Affairs a sample was taken
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to match just in case the search was
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extensive and took around four hours
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Colin was present at the time of the
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search and a police officer noticed what
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looked like a blood smear on his watch
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Colin was questioned about it and he
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says it was probably blood from when he
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heard he's here in gardening police
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seized the watch for DNA testing they
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also took a ring he was wearing on his
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right hand
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Colin was still pretty non-plus didn't
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seem too fazed he handed the items over
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with no complaints
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he was happy to help unfortunately the
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DNA tests don't work as quick as the TV
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shows so police wouldn't have any
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results back for a few weeks there was a
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bit to test to they had all the
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blood-stained items found at the scene
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the tear the plastic bag the knife and
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now these few items from Colin as well
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as the blood smear on the floor
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but detectives couldn't just sit back
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and wait for the results they had to
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keep working at it to see if they could
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solve it before then there was one other
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thing of interest found during the
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search warrant and 1/8 Cates bed there
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was a wallet why was that wallet of
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interest because it was Donna's wallet
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later that day police found Keith or -
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then he heard police were trying to
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catch up with him so he presented to the
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police station himself he also agreed to
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be interviewed in relation to Donna's
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wallet being Fiona under his bed chief
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said Donna had left it there one night
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and they broke up not long after that so
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he kept it out of spite
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he also immediately presented an alibi
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he said shortly after breaking up with
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Donna he started seeing a new girl
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Debbie and he was with her and then
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ordered on his death keith was up front
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with the detectives about why he had
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broken up with Donna he told them about
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the assault charge but that's no great
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surprise he would have already known
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that they knew about that Jeff gave the
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following version of events on Melbourne
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Cup day Tuesday the 2nd of November 1999
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Keith woods with his new girlfriend
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Debbie at the regents park bowling club
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about 7:00 p.m. Keith left Debbie at the
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bowling club to play bingo and he
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decided to go to the Regents Park hotel
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when he got to the hotel he saw Donna
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and Cole he noticed the Dunnan : left
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soon after Colin returned by himself a
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bit later on and then Donna returned
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after that he said it was about 9:00
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p.m. when Donna returned to the hotel
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this time Keith decided it would be a
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good time to leave and he went back to
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the bowling club to see Debbie they left
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the bowling club together about 10:00
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p.m. and went straight back to Keith's
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home where they went to bed together
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they arrived home at about 10:30 p.m. a
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bit later on Keith's third column walk
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inside and sometime around midnight
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Keith was woken up by the washing
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machine Colin decided it was a good idea
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to do some washing Keith wasn't too
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impressed with this and he got up and
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had Eddie up with Colin
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Keith turned off the washing machine and
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went back to bed
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Kate said he noticed that along with
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Colin clothes there was also a pair of
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shoes in the machine
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Cliff's interview was somewhat similar
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to Collins Collins said in his interview
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he was with Donner at the region's Park
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Hotel before leaving for a while to go
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to the ball club
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that's when Donna got a call from her
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ex-husband John Colin went back to the
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Regents Park hotel and Donna met him
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back there a bit later on so their story
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seemed to match her but there was one
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important discrepancy Kate says he got
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home about 10:30 p.m. and Collin got
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home after you but Colin says he was
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home by 9:00 9:30 p.m. that was an
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important difference although it was
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only any other so is it possible that
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one of the brothers was simply mistaken
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with the time and of course there was
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the other question what was Collin doing
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his washing after midnight for was this
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normal
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Debra corroborated case version although
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she wasn't exactly independent there
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wasn't any great shock that she backed
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up Kate's story Sonia who was the
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number-one suspect
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we've got : washing his clothes after
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midnight we've got quiche we've done his
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wallet under his bed we've got a blood
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smear in the alley a dream and one of
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them was possibly lying about their
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movements on the night donor was
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murdered and lying about what time they
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got home and what about this mystery
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caller who did she go and meet no matter
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who detectives thought was responsible
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there was the difference between
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believing someone had committed a murder
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and being able to prove it beyond a
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reasonable doubt police had no witnesses
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and they still didn't have the DNA
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results back they didn't have enough to
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make a case against anybody just yet
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[Music]
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the post-mortem was conducted on Donner
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on Thursday the 5th of November 1999 her
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facial injuries were extensive and it
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was determined that they were suffered
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by the use of extreme force death was
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determined to be due to a combination of
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severe head trauma and multiple stab
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wounds despite the fact she was naked
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from the waist down
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there was no evidence of sexual assault
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as the investigation continued police
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find that the two phone calls Donna
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received the night of a death at 8:30
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p.m. and 8:30 9:00 p.m. were both from
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John her ex-husband they were the only
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calls she had answered that night there
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was no other mysterious caller no
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mysterious person she met at ashfield
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John was the only person Donna when he
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asked to meet that night that was
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significant as when the DNA results had
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come back the plastic bag like a dog and
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Donna's landrum contained a bloody
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fingerprint the blood was Donna's the
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fingerprint wasn't and the tail located
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in the land room contained two blood
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samples one sample was Donna's the other
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blood sample belonged to the same person
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who owned the fingerprint detectives
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decided it was time to get one of the
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bond brothers back into the station for
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another interview
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on the 15th of November 1999 : bond was
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arrested and he was interviewed for a
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second time it was here he learned that
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there was a bloody fingerprint at the
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same s to him and his blood was also
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found at the scene there was more bad
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news the blood on his watch the police
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had seized that the search warrant that
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was Donna's body but that wasn't enough
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to convince : he stuck to his story he
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was adamant that they were at Donna's
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house eating Chinese and she got a phone
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call when she got that phone call she
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said she had to leave to meet somebody
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in Ashfield and she dropped him home he
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again maintained that he got home about
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9:00 or 9:30 p.m. but there was a
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problem with this story police had a lot
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more information banya they are actually
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able to confirm Keith's story that he
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got home around 10:30 p.m. and Colin
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wasn't there they were able to confirm
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that Donna didn't answer any phone calls
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after the 8:30 9:00 p.m. call from John
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they were able to confirm she had her
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meeting with John and then returned to
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Regions Park Hotel after that the
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Chinese meal was bought after Donna's
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last phone call nobody called Donna
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while Colin was at her house Donna
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didn't leave to go meet Anita Boni and
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she definitely didn't drop calling home
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about 9:00 9:30 p.m. there was no sign
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of forced entry to the house Colin had
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an injury consistent with punching
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someone with extreme force they could
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prove he was lying it finally became too
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much for Colin when detectives asked him
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if he could again in clarify his
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movements between 9:30 p.m. and 10:30
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p.m. he replied
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but didn't get me to actually something
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visually be pursued those : bond was
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charged with a murder of Donna wheeler
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he had tried to cover his tracks once he
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got home he washed his clothes and his
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shoes he had a shower but what happened
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was he took his watch off to have the
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shower not realizing there was a blood
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speck on the watch but at the end of the
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day the watch was just another string to
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the bow the bloody fingerprint and his
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blood at the scene were more than enough
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to charge him : bond stood trial in June
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2001 Collins defense team had a little
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glimmer of hope to work with Keith was
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subpoenaed to attend court and give
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evidence but he refused he didn't comply
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with the subpoena and he went into
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hiding this gave the defence team their
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opportunity
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they worked hard the entire trial to say
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that case was the killer after all he
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was the one with the history of violence
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against Donna I tried to put that doubt
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in the jury's mind they only needed to
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convince one that keith was on the run
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because he was guilty on the 29th of
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June the jury retired to reach a verdict
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it didn't take them wrong they were back
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very quickly : bond was found guilty of
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murder and sentenced to 30 years in jail
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with a non-parole period of 25 years
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when the finding was ready ah Donna's
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mother yelled at Colin to rot in hell he
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just glared at her with a smug arrogant
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look who was sent to lift go jail to
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serve out his sentence there's no doubt
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Colin killed Donna but in case for some
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reason one of the jurors had some
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lingering doubt or in case anyone
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listening has a doubt the Crown
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prosecutor took the unusual step of
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requesting that the jury's stay in the
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courtroom while Colin's criminal record
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was read they got to hear about a murder
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Colin had previously committed that bore
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a chilling resemblance to the murder of
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Donna wheeler
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in 1987 : bond attacked the woman
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according to : her went like this with a
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few beers under my belt I've got the
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shit's and hit her that was a gross
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under exaggeration the woman's face was
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beaten to a bloody pulp he left her for
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dead taking off her pants leaving her
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naked from the waist down
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she died 16 days later as a result of
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those sickening facial injuries police
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at the time were of the opinion that the
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woman had rejected Colin's sexual
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advances so he snapped and bludgeoned
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her to death
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police are of the opinion that's exactly
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what happened with Donna Colin made
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sexual advances towards her that she
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rejected somehow Colin was able to plead
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that first murder charge down a
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manslaughter and was sentenced to 20
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years jail with a non-parole period of
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ten years of course he only served the
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minimum ten years and was out of jail
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less than 12 months before he killed
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Donna wheeler imagine if the courts had
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have imposed a proper sentence Donna
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will I might still be alive today and of
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course this information couldn't be
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brought up during Colin's trial as it
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would have been unfair to him if the
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jury had knowledge of that previous
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charge
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donar and her mother were both aware
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that colin had been in jail for killing
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a woman Donna's mom told her to be very
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careful hanging around you but Donna
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believed the story that Colin had told
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her about it
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his explanation to Donna was that he
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became involved in a heated argument
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with the girl and he pushed her over
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when she fell she hit her head and died
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it was all an accident according to him
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I guess the life sentence Colin got fell
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in line with that story so I can see
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what Donna might have believed it if
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only she knew the truth
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Colin ended up dying of a heart attack a
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few years into his 30-year sentence but
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just think he had already committed to
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sickening murders but he still would
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have been eligible for parole in his
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late 70s
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