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A Global Casebook of Sexual HomicideCase 02—The Child Sexual Homicide in Queensland: The Case of Barrie John Watts (1987; Australia)

A Global Casebook of Sexual Homicide: Case 02—The Child Sexual Homicide in Queensland: The Case... [On Friday, November 27th, 1987, a 12-year-old New Zealand girl of Mãori descent, Sian Kingi, was reported missing by her parents, Barry and Lynda Kingi, when she did not return home late in the evening. She had last been seen riding her bike at a park in the afternoon after she had gone shopping with her mother. On Thursday, December 3rd, 1987, Kingi’s body was found, having been brutally raped and murdered and dumped in a nearby creek bed of the Tinbeerwah Mountain State forest in Noosa, Queensland. Her body was severely mutilated. The investigation went from a missing person case to a homicide case. A homicide task force was set up, with an intensive police investigation. Finally, on Saturday, December 12th, 1987, 34-year-old Barrie John Watts and his wife, 44-year-old Valmae Fay Beck, were arrested for Kingi’s murder. Presented with police evidence, Beck eventually confessed to the police her involvement in Watts’s sexual killing of Kingi. Three days later, on Tuesday, December 15th, 1987, Watts and Beck were formally charged with Kingi’s murder. On Thursday, October 20th, 1988, the two were convicted of Kingi’s abduction, rape, and murder and were sentenced to life imprisonment. ] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A Global Casebook of Sexual HomicideCase 02—The Child Sexual Homicide in Queensland: The Case of Barrie John Watts (1987; Australia)

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Publisher
Springer Singapore
Copyright
© Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2019
ISBN
978-981-13-8858-3
Pages
41 –52
DOI
10.1007/978-981-13-8859-0_3
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[On Friday, November 27th, 1987, a 12-year-old New Zealand girl of Mãori descent, Sian Kingi, was reported missing by her parents, Barry and Lynda Kingi, when she did not return home late in the evening. She had last been seen riding her bike at a park in the afternoon after she had gone shopping with her mother. On Thursday, December 3rd, 1987, Kingi’s body was found, having been brutally raped and murdered and dumped in a nearby creek bed of the Tinbeerwah Mountain State forest in Noosa, Queensland. Her body was severely mutilated. The investigation went from a missing person case to a homicide case. A homicide task force was set up, with an intensive police investigation. Finally, on Saturday, December 12th, 1987, 34-year-old Barrie John Watts and his wife, 44-year-old Valmae Fay Beck, were arrested for Kingi’s murder. Presented with police evidence, Beck eventually confessed to the police her involvement in Watts’s sexual killing of Kingi. Three days later, on Tuesday, December 15th, 1987, Watts and Beck were formally charged with Kingi’s murder. On Thursday, October 20th, 1988, the two were convicted of Kingi’s abduction, rape, and murder and were sentenced to life imprisonment. ]

Published: Jun 23, 2019

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