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listeners Friday April 13 1973 was an exhausting day for the Kennedy family 24 year old Faye and her two young
daughters five-year-old Stephanie and 17 month old Deidre had just returned home
to the small Queensland city of Ipswich after a six-week trip of visiting relatives further up north
it had required a 17-hour bus ride home and none of them had gotten much sleep Faye's husband Barry was recovering from
knee surgery and the effort of hobbling around on crutches left him drained of energy
they took it slow that day Stephanie and Deidre were often excitable around bedtime but as Knight
approached they got ready for bed without protest Faye prepared deidre's favorite meal
tomato soup with a side of asparagus Spears after giving the girls a bath Faye put
Deidre into a fresh nappy with a waterproof cover on top known as a Pilcher she then dressed her in a singlet and a
new pair of pink pajamas adorned with bunny motifs Deidre was excited about her new pajamas
and showed them off proudly to her father the Kennedys lived in a two-bedroom single-story unit
Stephanie and Deidre shared a small bedroom at the end of the hallway adjacent to their parents
the two girls were Incredibly Close Stephanie doted on her baby sister whom she affectionately called a DD
at 7 30 PM Faye placed a sleepy Deirdre in her car near the bedroom door an hour later she tucked Stephanie into
her bed below the open window Faye and Barry spent some time together before retiring to bed at around 10
o'clock Faye checked in on her daughters one last time both girls were sleeping soundly
Faye pulled the aluminum sliding window and curtain Shut before tenderly tucking
the girls in and leaving the room she fell asleep easily worn out from the long day
the following morning Faye was awoken Suddenly by Stephanie shaking her shoulder
the five-year-old looked concerned wake up she said DD's not in her bed [Music] [Music]
[Music] Faye Kennedy loved nothing more than being a mother she cared for her two daughters full
time while Barry supported the family by working as an instrument fitter for the
Royal Australian Air Force it was this role that had recently landed the Kennedys in Ipswich located
40 kilometers west of Brisbane Barry was transferred there in late 1972 and the family settled into the
two-bedroom unit on Short Street theirs was one of four units in a small crane brick block owned by the Air Force
the move was just temporary while they awaited assignment of a bigger house but the unit's location on the edge of
town just 350 meters from Limestone Park and a 15-minute drive from the Air Force
Base in the nearby suburb of Amberley suited them fine for now the slow pace of Ipswich matched the
Kennedy's small town mentality having been raised in the outback Barry and Faye were country kids at heart
quiet and trusting they had lived a relatively sheltered lives and believed in the best of people
when the couple awoke to find baby Deidre wasn't in her Court they desperately searched their house
the 17-month-old had only recently started walking having scooted around on her bottom until she'd managed to find
her feet she was still shaky on her legs and there was no way she could have climbed
out of her cot or opened any doors on her own regardless the Kennedys looked through
the small unit checking under beds and Furniture as they called deidre's name they searched outside before knocking on
their neighbor's door he hadn't seen Deidre or heard anything out of the ordinary
the green Open Spaces offered by Limestone Park made it a popular Recreation spot for residents of Ipswich
located just a few minutes drive from the Town Center the sprawling Park was framed by a blend of residential streets
and Main thoroughfares adults and children alike frequented the area to exercise play sports and walk
their pets among the mostly flat land dotted with a scattering of native trees horse trainer Westy Mills was one such
resonant the sun had barely risen on the morning of Saturday April 14 1973 as Westy
trotted one of his horses across the Dewey oval there were few other people around say
for a jogger and a duo with a dog as Westie passed a public toilet block on the western edge of the park he
noticed something hanging off the edge of the flat tin roof he pulled his horse to a stop so he
could get a closer look at first Westy thought it was a rag doll he then realized what exactly he was
looking at [Music] Westy cried out in shock help there's a baby here Westie Mills desperately climbed onto
the toilet block roof and retrieved the baby's body it was a young girl who had died of
violent death she was wearing a pink pajama top but her pajama bottoms and Nappy had been
removed and tossed aside in their place was women's underwear a pair of blue panties elastic step-ins
with suspenders and a silk cuff slip skirt [Music] the local police were summoned along
with detectives from Brisbane the site made even the most seasoned investigators recoil
the baby's face and neck were covered in bruises and there was bruising to her lower thigh
there was a small abrasion near one of her eyes and on her upper lip she had been sexually assaulted and
strangled around this time a neighbor of the Kennedy family ran to the police station
as neither of them had a phone as soon as the officer on duty heard that a baby was missing from Short
Street he had no doubt the baby in Limestone Park was Deirdre Kennedy ipswich's chief of police remarked
this by its circumstances is the most brutal murder I have ever seen Barry Kennedy was summoned to identify
his daughter he couldn't bring himself to tell Faye exactly what had happened just that
Deidre had been killed the devoted parents were beside themselves they tried to hold her together for
Stephanie's sake but they were consumed by guilt as they blamed themselves for what had happened
although Faye had checked the unit and closed the girl's window before she went to bed the night before she hadn't
locked the door this wasn't unusual Ipswich was considered a safe City and it was
customary for residents to leave their doors unlocked it wasn't in Faye or Barry's upbringing
to be overly Vigilant about securing their home police visited Short Street to look for
evidence although Faye was certain she'd clicked the sliding window closed it was now
slightly ajar police dusted the property for unknown fingerprints they'd already uncovered some on the
door of the toilet block at Limestone Park no foreign prints were detected on the
Kennedy's window but there was one on the front door it couldn't be determined whether the
killer had access to the house via the door or the window if they'd used the door they would have
had to skulk quietly down the short hallway at the risk of waking the parents had they used the window they would have
had to climb over Stephanie's bed but the five-year-old hadn't stirred at any point nor did she recall hearing or
seeing anyone enter the room Deidre was painfully shy and her parents had no doubt that she would have cried
if woken by a stranger but no one in the Kennedy household had heard Deirdre crying
although they couldn't rule out the possibility entirely investigators didn't think that Deidre had been
strangled at the same time she was abducted either the killer had managed to scuba
Deidre up without waking her or the rest of the family had been so exhausted from
their long day that they'd slept through her tears 73 year old Cecil Carroll lived next
door to the Kennedys in a large single-story house the two properties were separated only
by some overgrown shrubs Cecil bordered there with the eight member [ __ ] family and mostly kept
to himself in his bedroom at the end of the house on the night of Friday April 13 Cecil
hadn't been feeling well and was resting in bed as he lit up a cigarette at around 10 pm
he noticed something moving outside of his bedroom window the window opened out to the home's
wraparound of Veranda which housed the makeshift washing line at first Cecil thought it was one of the
[ __ ] kids but as he watched on he realized it was a male who looked to be aged between 18
and 20 years old he was about 172 centimeters tall with a slender build of around 63 kilograms
his hair was collar length and light brown to blonde in color foreign for a few minutes Cecil realized the
prowler was taking items from the washing line he got out of bed and alerted the
patriarch of the household Arthur borschett Arthur went outside and checked the veranda
there was no one there he told Cecil to go back to bed shortly after Arthur looked out the
window and noticed a male figure walking towards the Air Force units next door it was difficult to say anything through
the darkness but the figure appeared to be in his late teens and around 170 centimeters tall
it was only upon closer inspection the following day that the bullshits realized several items were missing from
their washing line a pair of blue panties elastic step ends and a silk cuff slip skirt
the undergarments that Deidre Kennedy had been dressed in police showed Cecil Carroll a
photographic lineup of potential suspects but he ruled each of them out as the prowler
another Resident of the household twelve-year-old Paul borschett had been at a barbecue with friends earlier that
evening he told police that when he returned home he saw a young man walking in the
direction of limestone Park he was carrying something white over his shoulder police ultimately ruled Paul's siding
out but they had no doubt that the man Cecil spied outside his window was the same person who killed Deidre
[Music] news of deidre's death rattled the community people not only felt deeply for the
Kennedy family but also feared for the safety of their own children it was in everyone's best interest that
the case be solved fast and the public came forward with any details they thought could help
[Music] investigate is considered whether the killer could have assaulted Deidre at
another location or inside a vehicle before dumping her body in Limestone Park Witnesses reported seeing four different
vehicles in the area on the night in question but nothing pointed towards a clear suspect
police urged the public to report anyone who was acting out of character in the days following the crime
they considered the possibility that more than one person could have been involved but deemed it much more likely
that the perpetrator had acted alone extensive door knocks were carried out in a bid to determine whether any young
males were absent from their homes on the night of Friday April 13. over three and a half thousand local
males voluntarily provided their fingerprints to eliminate themselves from the investigation
known sex offenders and psychiatric patients were checked and ruled out several leads emerged but none that led
to any breakthroughs police deduced the killer either lived locally or was very familiar with the
area the toilet Block in Limestone Park was mere minutes from the Kennedy's unit so
it was probable that the killer had chosen that destination on purpose rather than stumbled upon it by accident
given that the Kennedys were relatively new to the area mostly kept to themselves and had no known enemies it
seemed unlikely that this was a targeted attack it was more likely the work of an
opportunistic predator forensic examination of deidre's body determined she died by strangulation
the bruises on her face and neck had been made by a human hand no semen or other bodily fluid was
detected but the killer had left behind a single pubic hair and some hair-like fibers
although DNA profiling didn't exist at the time there was one other clue on deidre's left thigh just above the
knee were two small curved bruises about one and a half centimeters long it was a human bite mark
the bite hadn't been hard enough to break the skin but the bruising was visible enough for dental experts to
determine that the killer had an unusual set of teeth based on the irregular pattern of the
bruises the killer likely had a protruding overbite this meant that their top and the bottom
teeth didn't meet when their jaw was shut and their front teeth stuck out the bruising also indicated that there
was a slight deformity to the Killer's Two Front Teeth it was possible the teeth were chipped
or broken at the time of deidre's murder her father Barry's knee injury had left him
incapacitated even moving around at the unit was a struggle regardless the police had to consider
all theories and that they couldn't exclude the possibility that Deidre had been killed by someone closest to her
after all it would explain how she was carried outside without raising an alarm Barry Kennedy's teeth were compared to
the bite marks they didn't match The Grieving father was quickly eliminated from the investigation
Barry was close with his cousin Keith Kennedy who lived just 40 kilometers away in the Brisbane suburbs
the two had spent time together in Ipswich the day before Fey into the girls returned home from their trip to
long range for visiting relatives according to the book of Justice in Jeopardy by Debbie Marshall while Barry
didn't think his cousin was capable of hurting Deirdre the police thought otherwise
three years earlier Keith had been accused of biting a three-year-old girl on the vagina
he was tried for the indecent assault of a child and found not guilty for reasons
of insanity the incident brought great shame to Keith's family and it was never talked
about for investigators Keith Kennedy seemed like a promising suspect he knew the family and the Ipswich area
and had a past history of offending furthermore Keith was blonde and roughly 177 centimeters tall not too far off
from the young man seen prowling around the Kennedy's unit on the night Deidre was taken
his dentition was also unique in that there was a significant gap between his two front teeth and they slightly
protruded police questioned Keith Kennedy who claimed he'd been at home with his
brother and sister on the night Deidre was abducted Kate's fingerprints and dental records
were compared against to those found at the crime scene there was no match months continued to pass and the
investigation languished by January 1974 10 months had gone by with no major breakthroughs
a coronal inquest was held but nothing significant was uncovered the largest base of the royal Australian
Air Force is located in Amberley a suburb 13 kilometers west of Ipswich over 5 000 people are employed there
many of whom live on site in the early 1980s female members were housed separately in a double-story
cream brick unit block on the morning of February 4 1982 they awoke to a crude surprise
overnight someone had scaled up their drain pipe on the side of the building and broken in Via an open window leaving
men's boot prints on the wall in the process they then entered one of the women's
dorm rooms one of the sleeping women had photographs of herself sitting at her bed head
in them she was wearing revealing clothing the prowler quietly gathered the photos
careful not to make a sound he sculpt around in the dark collecting several pairs of women's underwear and
Air Force uniforms the communal laundry room was located on the ground floor there the prowler took his Loot and laid
it out on an ironing board he slashed the crotches of the underwear and cut holes from the nipple section of
the bras he did the same thing to the uniforms before debasing the stolen photographs
and fleeing Into the Night when residents of the unit block discovered the scene the next morning
they were horrified by the violation military police were notified immediately two officers had been patrolling the air
base in the early hours of the morning and had noticed that a car had been parked near the boundary fence
surrounding the women's quarters noting it is out of place they'd written down the registration number
it now seemed very possible that whoever owned this vehicle was responsible for the perverted brake in antar
officers checked the Air Force records and quickly who identified its owner [Music]
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deliver quality content [Music] 26 year old Raymond Carroll was an electrical fitter who lived on the
Amberley base with his wife and two young daughters a member of the Air Force since the age
of 17 he'd followed in the footsteps of his late father a military man who had moved his family to various postings
across Australia police questioned Raymond Carroll about why his car was parked near the women's
quarters in the early hours of February 4. Carol said they were mistaken there had been a function at the golf
club earlier that evening he'd attended the event but was home before midnight Carol's wife backed this up saying her
husband was home by 11 30 and didn't leave their house again the prowler had left fingerprints on the
photographs found in the women's laundry room police obtained Carol's Prince and
compared the two it was an indisputable match Raymond Carroll claimed he had no idea
how his Prince ended up on the photos and maintained he had nothing to do with the break and Enter
with no prior criminal record it did seem an odd crime for a seemingly respectable married military man
but for interviewing officer Corporal John Rowley his encounter with Raymond Carroll had raised a more serious
question Carol had told Raleigh that before joining the Air Force in 1973 he'd lived
with his mother in Ipswich their home was on Quarry Lane just around the corner from Limestone Park
this location coupled with Carol's apparent fetish for women's underwear had rolly thinking about the unsolved
murder of baby Deidre Kennedy although nine years had passed since deidre's death it was a case Rowley
could never forget as he spoke with Raymond Carroll another detail was too obvious to ignore
Carol had a protruding overbite and distinctly crooked front teeth [Music] Corporal rolly became fixated on the
possibility that Raymond Carroll could have been responsible for Deidre Kennedy's murder
the underwear the proximity the unusual dentition it all seemed to fit but as a defense officer rowley's
resources were limited and he was soon reposted making it difficult to access any further information
six months after interviewing Carol about the break and Enter at Amberley Rowley was having lunch with an old
colleague detective Sergeant John Reynolds Reynolds had worked on the Deidre Kennedy investigation from the outset
and like many others who were involved he continued to be haunted by the case Rowley presented Reynolds with his
theory that Raymond Carroll could be involved detective Reynolds interest was immediately peaked
he was given permission to reopen the case as the lead investigator but when he started looking into it he discovered
that valuable information had been lost in the summer of 1974 the year after deidre's murder floods had ravaged
Ipswich thousands of homes and businesses had been damaged including the basement of
the Ipswich police station where evidence was stored missing from the Deidre Kennedy file
were records of the extensive door knocks that were conducted around Ipswich straight after her murder
these contained information about every male who was at home on the night that the crime occurred
although this was a major setback one of the most crucial pieces of evidence remained the photographs depicting the
Killer's bite mark [Music] in 1973 Raymond Carroll had been 17 years old and was living with his mother
and younger siblings on Quarry Lane their home was just 600 meters from the Kennedy's unit on Short Street and just
700 meters from the toilet block at Limestone Park if Raymond Carroll was indeed
responsible for taking and killing Deidre it meant the entire crime could have occurred within a small triangular
radius that could be walked on foot in under 10 minutes in October 1983 investigators on the
Kennedy case visited the Air Force Base in Amberley to approach Raymond Carroll for the first time
they were forthright about their reason for wanting to question him Carol said he wasn't even in Queensland
at the time that Deidre Kennedy was murdered he'd enlisted in the Air Force earlier
that year and had been completing his basic recruitment training in the small South Australian town of Edinburgh
the 10-week course ran from February 9 until April 19. after which Carol said he traveled to the Wagga Wagga Air Force
Base in New South Wales to undergo electrical training at no time did he return to Ipswich
Carol insisted he had nothing to hide although he was reluctant he agreed to provide fingerprints hair samples and a
plaster cast of his teeth a forensic expert deemed that Carol's hair was of similar color and texture to
the hairs found on deidre's body but in the days before DNA profiling there was nothing to conclusively say the hairs
belonged to Carol investigators compared to fingerprints with those found at the Kennedy's flat
as well as the toilet block at Limestone Park they didn't match then again it couldn't be determined for
certain that the prince found at the crime scenes definitely belonged to the perpetrator
the toilet Block in Limestone Park was a public space and it was possible that the prince had been made by an innocent
Community member the print on the Kennedy's front door could have come from any number of
people who had visited the unit in recent times then there was the issue of Carol's
alibi Air Force records confirmed that Carol had indeed graduated from the training
course in Edinburgh on April 19 1973. recruits were only granted or leave under special circumstances typically
for a serious family emergency doing so required them to go through a strict approval process
the Air Force had no record of Carol leaving the training course at any point a formal graduation parade had taken
place in Edinburgh on April 19 1973. after which the recruits had all posed for a course photograph
Raymond Carroll had already told the police that he'd attended the ceremony but hadn't walked in the parade due to
an issue with the number of recruits investigators made queries with Air Force officials who confirmed that all
graduates were required to march in the parade regardless of numbers they obtained the graduation photo
Raymond Carroll was nowhere to be seen investigators began the Monumental task of trying to track down each of the 27
recruits from Carol's course who were now scattered across the country they wanted to know if anyone was absent
from the graduation ceremony by this point over 10 years had passed and memories were hazy
no one could recall any specifics but there was a vague recollection that someone had left early due to an illness
in the family according to the book Justice in Jeopardy one recruit recalled that on
the afternoon of April 12 1973 he was asked to help pack up the belongings of another rookie who'd been called home on
compassionate leave he remembered that the young man clearly because he had a distinct set of teeth
that jutted out his name was Raymond Carroll investigators couldn't find any Air
Force records to back up the claims that Carol had been granted to leave nor were there any medical records to
indicate there had been a serious illness within his family that would have warranted him returning home
instead investigators turned to the commercial airlines there were two thousand kilometers
between Edinburgh and Ipswich if Carol had been granted a leave on April 12 the only way he would have made
it to Ipswich in time to kill Deidre Kennedy on April 13 was if he'd flown but the airlines were no use
protocol dictated that domestic records be disposed of after seven years disproving Raymond Carroll's Alibi
wasn't the only issue the prayer who had been witness to lurking around to the Kennedy's unit on
the night of deidre's abduction was described as being around 172 centimeters tall with collar length
light brown to blonde hair in April 1973 Raymond Carroll's hair was dark brown and as per Air Force protocol
it was cropped short at the back and sides he was much taller than the prowler standing around 185 centimeters
investigators believed that they'd found a deidre's killer but they'd need further Evidence if a jury was ever
going to find Carol guilty they had to dig deeper [Music] Joy Myers had been a young and naive
woman when she met Raymond Carroll in Wagga Wagga in 1973. the two married and had their first
child the following year a daughter named Kylie not her real name Carol was reposted to Darwin and the
family of three relocated but the marriage was Rocky from the beginning and it wasn't long before Joy
suspected that Carol was cheating on her the couple divorced in November of 1975
and had little contact from there on with the joy maintaining full custody of Kylie
investigators track to Joy down and questioned her about the marriage what she told them was shocking
when Kylie was just a baby there had been four or five occasions where Raymond Carroll had taken her into the
bedroom to change her nappy shortly after Kylie would start screaming Joy went to see what was wrong but on
each occasion Carol had locked the door and refused to respond he'd emerged shortly after with a
strange expression on his face before leaving the house without saying a word Kylie was too young to talk but the
bruises on her upper thighs spoke for themselves Joy believed them to be black marks
she said this abuse was one of the reasons she divorced Carol when the investigators divulged the
reason why they were making inquiries about her ex-husband Joy had another revelation
when the newlyweds had first found out they were expecting a child Carol had an idea for her name
if it was a girl he wanted to call her Deidre [Music] Raymond Carroll remarried in 1977 and he
and his new wife went on to have twin daughters by the time Carol became the focus of
the Deidre Kennedy murder investigation he and his wife had also welcomed a baby
boy CE knew some of the evidence against Carol was flimsy but the plaster cast of
Raymond Carroll's teeth was examined by a forensic Dental expert he compared the dental Impressions with
photos of the bruises on Deidre Kennedy's thigh the positioning of the bruises lined up
with Raymond Carroll's unique overbite and was a fitting size for a 17 year old male
but the shape of the bruises indicated the Killer's front two teeth was slightly deformed
the plaster cast of Carol's teeth showed no such deformity investigators obtained a copy of Carol's
dental records from the Air Force which were taken during his recruitment in early 1973.
comparing the records to the plaster cast it appeared his upper teeth had since undergone some dental work
the 1973 records showed that at the time of Deidre Kennedy's murder Raymond Carroll's front teeth were chipped and
broken deformities that matched the bruises on deidre's body for the dental expert there was no
question the bite marks on the baby had been made by Raymond Carroll but if Deidre Kennedy had been killed on
April 13 at a time Carol was supposed to be Interstate how did his teeth marks end up on her body
was it possible that the Air Force records were wrong on February 27 1984 two years after the
break-in at the Amberley women's quarters and almost 11 years after Deidre was killed investigators decided
it was time to make their move they went to the Amberley base and placed the Raymond Carroll under arrest
for murdering the 17-month-old Carol continued to deny any involvement in the crime
he maintained he was in South Australia at the time and stuck by his story that he didn't participate in the graduation
march but was present for the duration when shown the graduation photo of his fellow recruits Carol first pointed to a
young man who looked to nothing like him and said it was possible that was him he then conceded that he wasn't in the
shot but explained that he was standing to the side just outside of the frame he denied ever being granted special
leave or having any reason to leave the training course early to return to Ipswich
he also denied his ex-wife's allegations that he'd abused their first daughter or
that he had a proclivity for stealing women's underwear the interrogation continued for several
hours but at no point did Raymond Carroll crack regardless he was officially charged
with the murder of Deidre Kennedy he was taken to brisbane's BOGO road to jail but granted Bale the following day
news of the arrest rattled Faye and Barry Kennedy The Grieving parents had done their best to move on
Faye had since given birth to a son named Derek and the family had relocated to New South Wales
as Faye later told ABC's Australian story having another child never replaces what
you lost but it certainly brought joy to our lives the family didn't speak about Deidre
often Barry had been raised to believe that men didn't cry and he rarely mentioned
it Deirdre by name the pain was too intense by the time Carol was arrested Derek was
11 years old and still didn't know what had happened to his big sister having to explain why they'd be going to
court Barry finally sat down and told Derek the heartbreaking truth Raymond Carroll's murder trial commenced
in the Brisbane Supreme Court in February 1985. the prosecution hoped to use the
Amberley break-in against him for that offense he'd been charged with 17 counts including breaking and
entering stealing and willful destruction of Air Force property if the jury knew that Carroll had a
history of sneaking into people's homes and stealing women's underwear it would add further weight to their case against
him but in a pre-trial hearing the defense successfully argued that Carol's prior
offense couldn't be presented [Music] the jury would have to reach their verdict without being privileged to this
information the prosecution's case therefore relied on three major factors one that Raymond Carroll had given a
false alibi 2. that he had a propensity for biting small children and three that the bite
marks on Deidre Kennedy's body were a match to Carol's teeth the defense put it to the jury that the
case against their client was entirely circumstantial valuable records had been lost by both
the Air Force and the police which meant there was nothing to confirm that Raymond Carroll was in South Australia
when Deirdre was killed however as the defense pointed out there were no records to confirm that he
wasn't not a single witness had placed Carol in Ipswich at the time of the crime nor was
there any evidence to suggest he was anywhere near the area and Carroll was now 29 years old and
almost 12 years had passed since Deidre Kennedy was murdered this meant that memories were hazy and
Witnesses were susceptible to influence several former Air Force recruits and one instructor testified to remembering
that Raymond de Carroll had been sent home prior to the graduation parade due to an illness in his family
however another recruit testified that on the day of the graduation he had a conversation with Carol in the canteen
and introduced him to his family on the stand the Doctor Who had been the Carroll family's general practitioner in
1973 could provide no evidence that there had been a serious illness in the family that would have warranted Carol
being granted compassionate leave as for the allegation that Carol had bitten his infant daughter on the thighs
the defense questioned why his ex-wife Joy Myers had never reported this to anyone
she didn't even mention it during their divorce proceedings on the stand Joy admitted she'd kept
this information to herself but she adamantly stood by her allegations the prosecution advised that the jury
not to put any weight on the fact that Joy didn't report these incidents as they pointed out child abuse and
incest can be considered shameful to boo topics and fear often prevented people from coming forward
the prosecution's case was based on the assumption that whoever stole the underwear from next door to the
Kennedy's unit was the same person who killed Deidre the defense argued that Carol didn't
match witness descriptions of this person he was taller and with shorter darker hair
the K witness Cecil Carroll who had seen the underwear Thief had since passed away
he's former housemate Arthur borchert no longer had a clear memory of the person
he claimed to have seen walking towards the Kennedy's unit in terms of physical evidence it all
came down to the bite marks three Dental experts known as forensic odontologists had extensively compared
the bruises on Deidre Kennedy's body with plaster casts of Raymond Carroll's unique teeth
it was a difficult task given that the biter hadn't broken the skin or left any indentations
furthermore the bruise marks had been made on a curved three-dimensional surface whereas the photos the
odontologists had were only two-dimensional as one of the experts explained the shapes of bruisemarks can alter if
the body is placed in a different position from that in which it was when the marks were made
the marks on deidre's body were near the knee and their shapes might be affected
by changes in tensions of their skin caused by extension or flexion of the knee joint
while their methods differed and they didn't entirely agree on which tooth had made which bruise all three experts
arrived at the same conclusion the bite marks had been made by Raymond Carroll however the defense pointed out that
when one of the experts first examined deidre's bruises in 1973. they had stated that it would quote
be impossible to establish with any degree of certainty as to who would be responsible for the bite mark to the
dead child the experts had also made their findings using a plaster cast of Carol's teeth
that had been altered to reflect the state of his dentition in 1973 they didn't have an exact replica of his
teeth from the time period [Music] Raymond Carroll took the stand in his own defense
asked under oath if he killed Deidre Kennedy or had anything to do with her death Carol responded clearly
I did not he denied leaving Edinburgh early or ever biting his youngest daughter
calling the allegations a bunch of Lies his current wife with whom he had three kids also testified that Carol was an
excellent father who rarely disciplined their children the trial lasted for 19 days summing up
the prosecution concluded that Raymond Carroll had a perverted interest in young children combined with a fetish
for stealing women's underwear it didn't matter that there was no evidence placing Carol in Ipswich at the
time that Deidre Kennedy was murdered because bite marks on her body identified him as the Killer
the defense concluded that there were simply too many variables to identify who had caused the biomarks and that the
evidence therefore wasn't reliable in the absence of concrete evidence placing Carol in Ipswich at the time of
deidre's murder the judge reminded the jury that to find Carol guilty they must believe Beyond a reasonable doubt that
he was the one who caused the bite marks the jury deliberated for four hours before they returned to the packed
courtroom to give their verdict guilty Carol was asked if he had anything to say
he responded I am not guilty the sentence was handed down immediately life imprisonment with hard labor
Carroll and his legal team appealed the conviction immediately they argued that the evidence presented
at trial wasn't enough to sustain a guilty verdict the prosecution had failed to prove that
Carol was in Ipswich when the crime was committed and the forensic odontologists
hadn't proven Beyond reasonable doubt that the bite marks on deidre's body were his
Carol also argued that the unsubstantiated evidence from his ex-wife alleging that he bit their baby
daughter on the leg was damaging and therefore shouldn't have been admissible the Court of Criminal appeal agreed
after spending just nine months in prison Raymond Carroll's conviction was quashed and he was allowed to walk free
news of the acquittal shocked the public a majority of whom were convinced of Carol's guilt
some wanted Revenge to get a baby killer off their streets Carol and his family immediately
relocated interstate the prosecution argued for a retrial but their request was denied
the Kennedys were crushed as though the pain of their loss and enduring the trial wasn't enough they
now had to accept that the matter was once again unresolved later that year a woman contacted the
police she had worked at the Royal Air Force Base in Darwin at the time that Raymond
Carroll and his family had been stationed there the woman recalled that in 1975 there
had been several occasions where she'd noticed the bruises on Carol's one-year-old daughter Kylie
Joy told her they were bite marks caused by her husband the woman allegedly asked Carol how he
could do such a thing he simply Shrugged in Australia in the 1980s Double Jeopardy laws prevented a person from
being tried for the same offense twice such laws existed to protect an accused person against the abuse of state power
and allowed them to get on with their lives without further prosecution it also served to encourage prosecutors
to prepare their cases properly the first time round knowing it would be their only shot
this meant that because Raymond Carroll had already been acquitted of Deidre Kennedy's murder he couldn't be charged
again even if any new evidence emerged in the future regardless of the jury's verdict in the
eyes of the law Raymond Carroll was an innocent man casefile will be back shortly thank you
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criminal cases was slowly rolled out in Australia forensic scientists attempted to test
the pubicare found on Deidre Kennedy's body but it was destroyed in the process by 1997 the use of digital imaging
techniques led to some groundbreaking developments in forensic dental technology
using digital analysis experts were able to examine scrape marks from an individual's teeth to create a unique
barcode new software had also been developed that allowed experts to transpose images
of teeth onto images of bite marks photographs from old crime scenes could also be enhanced
using this new technology a team of forensic experts analyzed the bruises on Deidre Kennedy's body
they discovered another set of much fainter biomarks on deidre's body that had been missed during the original
examination the Assumption had always been that Deidre was lying down when she was
bitten and that the top bruise on her thigh had been caused by the biter's upper teeth
according to the book Justice in Jeopardy the New Evidence indicated this was wrong
Deidre had actually been held upside down when the biter struck the original experts who had given
evidence at Carol's trial had been looking at the bite marks the wrong way around
while this was a major Revelation one piece of evidence remained Undisputed as forensic odontologist Dr Alex Forrest
who later told Australian story the bite marks that were inflicted on the baby's thigh I have no doubt
whatever that they were inflicted by Raymond John Carroll an article spruking the forensic
advances led to renewed interest in the Deidre Kennedy case and prompted an influx of tip-offs one of which came
from an unexpected source [Music] 38 year old Trevor Swift had been in and out of jail all of his adult life for a
series of offenses in February 1984 he was serving time in brisbane's BOGO road to jail when he
crossed paths with Raymond Carroll who had just been arrested for Deidre Kennedy's murder
both men were being held in protective custody according to Swift he struck up a
conversation with Carol who asked him what do you know about bite marks Swift responded
mate and as far as I know they're as good as fingerprints you're a shot duck Carol seemed rattled by Swift's response
some time later Swift asked Carol what he'd been arrested for Carol allegedly responded
the murder of that baby at Ipswich a day or so later Swift pressed Carol to tell him more
Carol allegedly said that he'd been out stealing women's underwear when he stumbled upon an open window
he looked in and saw there was a baby inside things got out of hand he abducted the baby abused her and then
strangled her with a pair of pantyhose before leaving her body on a toilet block
Swift was relocated to another sector of the prison shortly after this encounter
and then eventually transferred to another facility altogether he told one prison guard about what
Carol had said but never mentioned it to anyone else he just assumed that Carol had been
convicted of the crime and never gave it much more thought with the case now back in the news
Trevor Swift contacted police and provided an official statement about the alleged confession
there was just one problem the prison guard he claimed to have told about the encounter had since passed
away and there was no one to vouch for Swift's story was currently facing multiple criminal
charges investigators knew that jailhouse confessions can be unreliable and to that there was every chance that Swift
was providing this information in the hopes of securing a lighter sentence at the same time it was too compelling
to ignore despite Raymond Carroll being protected by Double Jeopardy laws this new
evidence LED prosecutors to consider all possible options after heavy scrutinizing they identified
a potential legal loophole at Carroll's murder trial he was asked under oath if he killed Deidre Kennedy
he responded I did not if the New Evidence could prove that he'd knowingly lied under oath when he
said he didn't kill Deidre prosecutors could charge him with perjury instead a perjury conviction only carried a
maximum sentence of 14 years imprisonment but it would at least provide some form of closure for the
Kennedy family and get a potentially dangerous predator off the streets by 1999 44 year old Raymond Carroll had
divorced his second wife and was living in Ipswich with his new partner on Friday February 12 police arrived at
Carol's home and placed him under arrest for perjury he was charged at the station later that
day but released on bail after being deemed a no-flight risk Carroll's legal team argued that the new
charge constituted an abusive process and they requested a permanent stay in the proceedings
the judge disagreed saying the prosecution case was significantly different and stronger than the original
murder charge Carol was ordered to stand to trial for perjury investigators were now armed with new
dental evidence and a jailhouse confession but doubts remained that this would be enough to secure a conviction
one of the lingering questions was if Raymond Carroll was indeed in Ipswich at the time of Deidre Kennedy's murder
what was he doing wandering around to late at night he was only 17 and there weren't any
shops open in the area investigators wondered if he could have been out visiting a friend or more
likely a love interest desley Hill had been a teenager when she and Raymond Carroll began a short
romance in 1972. they maintained contact for a couple of years even after Carol married his first
wife but things eventually fizzled out between them and they lost touch ly moved into State and rarely thought
about her distant acts until March of 2000 when she opened her door to find a detective standing there
he wanted to speak to her about her relationship with Raymond Carroll desily was taken aback she knew Carol
had been charged with Deidre Kennedy's murder back in the 80s but it never occurred to her that she could be of any
use to the investigation the detective tried to jog her memory back to April 1973.
could she recall whether Carol had visited her at any point during that time desley had been living with her parents
in Woodridge at the time a suburb 37 kilometers east of Ipswich she recalled that out of nowhere one
Saturday night Raymond Carroll had stopped to buy their unit they hadn't seen each other for a while
and desily was shocked to see him while they stood around chatting a News Bulletin came on about Deidre Kennedy's
murder her body had only been found early that morning Carol became visibly agitated he left in
a hurry saying he had to get home to his sick mother [Music] the perjury trial commenced on October
27 2000. it was essentially a replay of the original murder trial with a majority of
the same Witnesses called and testimonies given the New Evidence submitted was the
alleged jailhouse confession the statement from desily Hill that placed Carol in Queensland the day after
deidre's murder and at the Advanced Dental forensics that matched Carol's teeth with the bite marks on deidre's
body the defense urged the jury not to place any weight on the jailhouse confession
from Trevor Swift he was an alcoholic with an extensive criminal history that included
dishonesty and they contended that the information he provided was nothing more than an attempt to secure a lighter
sentence for his own crimes Swift strongly denied this he was well aware that informants put
themselves in danger of being attacked by other inmates he also pointed out that he'd been in
constant trouble with the law his entire adult life if he was going to make up a story to
benefit himself he would have done it much earlier why wait 16 years Carol's ex-girlfriend dazly Hill took
the stand to testify that Carol had visited her parents home the day after Deidre was killed
at the time desily had been pregnant to a man who ended the relationship once he
found out she was expecting a couple of months later desily started seeing Raymond Carroll again
desily remembered the day that Carol visited her parents house because she'd been waiting for a cot to be delivered
although she admitted she wasn't good with dates she could place the visit to April 14 1973 based on the news
broadcast about Deidre Kennedy's murder desily's parents had been home at the time but they couldn't back her story
both had since passed away the defense called a deadly story a complete fabrication
desley couldn't remember the date that her daughter was conceived but the child was born on July 25 1973 and was 10
weeks premature the defense pointed out that this meant desily had gotten pregnant in early
January of 1973 and wouldn't have found out until mid-February by the time she claimed to have resumed
her relationship with Raymond Carroll he had already enrolled in the Air Force and been deployed interstate
therefore her memory of the timings was all wrong the visit they said never happened
four separate odontologists testified that the bite marks on Deidre Kennedy's body were a match to Raymond Carroll
they all agreed that the experts had it wrong during the first trial in that they'd been looking at the bite marks
upside down the defense argued that the digital imaging technology was inaccurate and
that testimony provided by some of the experts was fundamentally flawed a doctor of forensic Dentistry who had
been involved with over 200 bite mark cases testified that the bruises on deidre's body weren't enough to make a
positive identification of the biter while the digital imaging technique was very useful this expert said it should
only be used as an aid in dental analysis and not as a means of identification the defense questioned whether the bike
could have in fact been made by Barry Kennedy's cousin Keith Kennedy Keith also had a distinct set of teeth
and more closely matched the physical description of the blonde man seen lurking around the Kennedy's unit on the
night of the crime Keith had passed away but the dental experts could tell just by looking at a
photograph of his gapped teeth that his bite was not a match to the bruises on deidre's body
Faye and Barry Kennedy had chosen not to sit through the first trial but they were present for the perjury case
hearing the forensic experts go back and forth over what had happened to Deidre was too much for the Kennedys to bear
Faye later told Australian story all I could think was she was so little and for someone to do something so
atrocious to her and to discard her little body just to throw her on a toilet block like she was just trash
the perjury trial lasted for 18 days given the amount of time that it passed since deirdre's murder the judge
instructed the jury to be careful when considering the various witness testimonies
it was possible that individuals were misremembering things or had been influenced by media coverage or hearsay
he also highlighted the difference in expert opinion regarding the teeth marks in both the murder and perjury trial and
to urged the jury not to put blind trust in the expert opinions in summing up the judge clarified quote
the only real issue is whether Raymond Carroll told a lie when in the murder trial he said he did not kill Deidre
Kennedy if he did Kill Deidre Kennedy you may think a plane that that was something
well known to him if you conclude that it is not established Beyond reasonable doubt that
he did Kill Deidre Kennedy it follows that it has not been proved Beyond reasonable doubt that the accused gave
false testimony and the verdict must be not guilty the next day the jury delivered their
verdict guilty handing down the maximum sentence of 14 years imprisonment the judge stated
it is necessary to bear in mind that the sentence being imposed is for perjury not for murder
it is important not to let the horrific nature of the crime perpetrated on Deidre Kennedy and its profound impact
on the lives of her family diverted tension from that fact the Kennedy family were relieved by the
guilty verdict as it signaled an end of the media attention but it wasn't over yet
once again Raymond Carroll appealed his conviction his legal team argued that the perjury
charge should never have been allowed given that the perjury trial was essentially a do-over of the murder
trial they said it went against the principles of double jeopardy furthermore the amount of time that it
passed between the crime and the perjury trial meant there was no way that Raymond de Carroll was ever going to get
a fair trial the court of appeal analyzed the witness and expert testimony and discovered some
major flaws jailhouse informant Trevor Swift had testified that his conversations with
Carol had occurred over a number of days following Carol's arrest for deidre's murder
Carol was only held in boggo road to jail for less than 24 hours before being granted bail
three appellate judges therefore determined it was unlikely the conversations relayed by Swift ever
happened and that he should have never been allowed to testify they also thought little weight should
have been placed on desley Hill's testimony even if desley's timing was correct and
Carol was in Queensland at the time it still didn't prove that he'd committed the crime
combined with the differing opinions when it came to the forensic Dental evidence the court of appeal concluded
that the jury's decision was unsafe and unsatisfactory they agreed that the entire trial had
been an abusive process and should never have been allowed for the second time Raymond Carroll's
conviction was overturned and he was allowed to walk free Community outrage ensued
Faye Kennedy was so Shattered by the news that she collapsed when she heard it How could a person be founded Guilty by
two separate juries and continue to walk free she questioned what the point was of
having a jury trial if a judge could overrule their decision to Faye the justice system had failed in
every aspect she pleaded that the case be sent to the high court and her request was granted
but the high court not only concluded that none of the evidence presented at the perjury trial was new and compelling
they also agreed the entire trial was inconsistent with the principles of double jeopardy
even if the evidence had been compelling the high court determined it didn't matter because Raymond Carroll should
still be protected by Double Jeopardy laws Injustice Angelo vastar who had served
as the judge in Raymond Carroll's murder trial later told Australian story this is one of the rare cases where I
think the law has been over Technical and in those circumstances I think that justice has not been done
people know that Carol is responsible for this death when 24 people have said in a properly constituted court that he
is guilty the tentacles of Justice just can't reach him throughout all the years of legal action
Raymond Carroll never once spoke to the media in 2006 he broke his silence after 33
years by appearing on current affairs program 60 minutes Carol wasn't paid for the interview but
he agreed to go through with that on one condition that the producers organized for him to undergo a lie detector test
the polygraph expert hoped Carol up to the machine and asked him a series of questions
among them was did you kill Deidre Kennedy Carol's response was firm no according to the lie detector he was
telling the truth the interviewing journalist Richard Carlton put it to Carol that he was
actually guilty of deidre's murder but it spent all these years successfully convincing himself of the opposite
Carol bluntly denied this allegation he stated I feel extremely sorry for Mrs Kennedy
for her loss I honestly hope she does get closure for this crime but I'm sorry she is not going to get it
at my expense because I did not do it [Music] Faye and Barry's marriage didn't survive
the trauma of their ordeal they divorced in the early 90s after 25 years of marriage
speaking of Raymond Carroll Faye told Australian story I believe a good marriage was destroyed
by this person Fey resettled in Ipswich where she got a job at the local supermarket
one day she was working behind the checkout counter when Raymond Carroll walked in
he too had relocated to Ipswich and the Very side of him gave Faye a terrible shock
she refused to serve him and one of her co-workers had to step in according to Faye Carroll seemed
unperturbed by the encounter Faye Kennedy began working with politicians to petition for changes to
be made to queensland's double jeopardy laws which they hoped to be dubbed deidre's law
they argued that the 800-year-old law was outdated and hadn't kept in line with technological advancements or
investigative techniques unless the laws were updated a suspect could walk free even if evidence had
since become available that unequivocally proved their guilt they hoped to have 10 000 people sign
her petition within 12 weeks she'd tripled that with over 33 000 members of the community
showing their support speaking in Parliament House former police officer turned to Member of
Parliament Peter Dutton stated the Heartbreak felt by Mrs Kennedy and other Brave members of the Kennedy
family is absolutely unimaginable I can tell you that there is no doubt in the mind of Mrs Kennedy or anybody with
knowledge of this case that the evidence proves the suspect's guilt no doubt at all
yet thirty years after the crime this killer is allowed to walk free and to taunt Mrs Kennedy by living in her local
area and shopping at her workplace in my view it is a travesty that advances in forensic technology mean
nothing in this case because Double Jeopardy prevents a retrial to prove the suspect's guilt
and what is worse is that as the technology improves more acquittals in the future could be called into question
and create the same heartbreaking situation for other families not just in Queensland but around the nation
I share a view with Mrs Kennedy that there is something basically and fundamentally wrong with a legal system
that allows a child killer and rapist to walk free Faye told 60 minutes if I could change this law for one other
family I've done some good it just seems so wrong that this can go on who else has suffered like I have
because of a law I just feel driven to do this and I believe I will get this result that I'm
looking for I believe that with all my heart that the people of Queensland will support me
I need them too and I have faith that they will and they did in 2007 queensland's law was amended so
that a person previously acquitted of murder could be retried if there was fresh and compelling evidence against
them and it was in the interest of Justice to do so the law is also allowed for a retrial in
the case of a tainted acquittal for example if a juror had been bribed Faye told The Courier mail she was
elated that the changes had been named to deidre's law commenting we said from the start this would be her
law Faye eventually moved to the rural town of laidley 46 kilometers west of Ipswich
in her bedroom she safely stored items belonging to her beloved baby Deidre in a pink memory chest adorned with flowers
inside was deidre's baby bracelet a brooch an Easter egg a memorial plaque and an urn containing deirdre's ashes
Faye kept the chest locked at all times protective of the only physical possessions that kept her connected to
her daughter on the afternoon of Sunday October 3 2010 the now 61 year old Faye visited
her son's home in a nearby town to watch the National Rugby League Grand Final when she returned home that evening she
discovered that her house had been broken into thieves had gained access via a sliding
door before stealing several items including a laptop and DVDs in Phase bedroom the thieves had broken
the lock to deidre's memory chest and took the contents from within including deidre's ashes
Faye was utterly heartbroken of all the untouched belongings in her home she couldn't believe that the
thieves had taken her most prized possessions though Priceless to her they held no
monetary value to anyone else they appeared on ABC News to make an emotional plea for the safe return of
her daughter's ashes saying through tears I feel like I've lost her twice and I need to have her back I just need her
home police didn't believe it was a targeted attack and deemed it unlikely that the
thieves understood the significance of what they'd taken all too aware of the ongoing pain
endured by the Kennedy family police appealed for the thieves to return deidre's belongings and wasted no time
investigating the matter they interviewed over 40 Persons of Interest and searched several homes
while members of the community rallied together to raise a three thousand dollar reward for anyone who had
information about the crime but eight months later the crime remained unsolved Faye told The Courier mail
some days I'm really low and other days I think I'm just not going to give up hope
on Saturday April 13 2013 relatives of the Kennedy family and members of the Ipswich Community gathered in Limestone
Park to Mark the 40-year anniversary of deidre's death despite the decades that had passed the
crime still served as a constant reminder that dangers lurked in the most unsuspecting of places
in a rotunda are overlooking the oval a memorial plaque was unveiled in deidre's
honor Faye Kennedy told The Courier mail I hope it creates awareness and lets children know there are some nasties out
there the mayor of Ipswich said the crime changed Ipswich forever commenting as a city we want Faye and her family to
know we share her grief and pain it's a strong reminder to look after our kids the plaque reads
[Music] dedicated in loving memory of Deidre Marie Kennedy we cannot stop the hands of time nor
live again the past but we shall love and think of you as long as time shall last
a life that touches others goes on forever [Music] [Music] [Music] in June 1993 Elizabeth Stevens 18 was
murdered on her way home from the bus stop her death began a seven-week reign of terror for the people of Frankston I
remember thinking like how can it happen to someone that's fought so hard to get
away and have a good life a serial killer was on the loose no one was safe not young mother Debbie frame 22 taken
on a trip to the shops nor Natalie Russell 17 murdered on her way home from school then two detectives came in and
they just said to Brian myself can we go somewhere Pride we went into the bedroom and I said I'm
sorry to tell you it's Natalie the serial killer Paul Daniel was captured and sentenced to life in prison on
appeal he was granted a 30-year minimum sentence and I guess I saw her in his face that yeah I'm smiling you sort of
thing he was praying of what he had done fast forward 30 years and adenya has applied for parole award-winning crime
writer Vicky petratus was on patrol with police the night the final murder took place as a true crime author I found
myself right in the heart of Frankston doing ride-alongs with the local police when the murders were happening she
wrote the best-selling book The Frankston murders which has never been out of print Vicky has Revisited the
case in a long-form podcast to remind the world why Daniel must never be released Dania isn't just dangerous
where young women are concerned he is dangerous to all women babies school girls friends strangers older women
everyone the Frankston murders podcast uncovers new material and new victims stalked by Dania in the lead up to the
killings the woman policeman turned to me and said you should take a ticket in tax as much as to say I was the luckiest
person around Vicky interviews prison guards police officers family members and people caught in the periphery of a
serial killer he has not learned his lesson he has not changed he has not become remorseful he has not repented or
even apologized on a scale of one to ten I'd easily put him as a 20. it's that far off the scale
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Case 243: Deidre Kennedy *** Warning: This case involves a child victim *** On April 14 1973, the Kennedy family awoke in their Ipswich, Queensland unit to discover the unthinkable. 16-month-old Deidre Kennedy was missing from her cot, having been abducted by an intruder overnight.

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Brief Summary

The episode details the murder of Deidre Kennedy and the legal battles surrounding Raymond Carroll's acquittal and the introduction of Deidre's Law.

Key points

The Tragic Discovery. Westy Mills finds a baby in Limestone Park, leading to a shocking investigation.
Brutal Murder Shock. The chief of police describes Deidre's murder as the most brutal he's ever seen.
A Family's Heartbreak. The Kennedy family faces unimaginable grief after the loss of their daughter Deidre.
The Investigation Reopens. Detective Reynolds reopens the Deidre Kennedy case after a theory about Raymond Carroll emerges.
Raymond Carroll's Alibi. Raymond Carroll insists he was in South Australia during Deidre's murder, but evidence contradicts him.
The Trial Begins. Raymond Carroll's murder trial commences, with the prosecution relying on circumstantial evidence.

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Help! There's a baby here!

A shocking discovery made by Westy Mills.

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