Woman’s Day Australia – August 26, 2019

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quicklyturnedintoa murder

investigation,withStrikeForce

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a veilofsecrecywithinthe

Stocktoncommunity.

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disappearance,andthe

discoveryofa bikenotfarfrom

wherehewaslastseen.

Stev th Debbie

pleading for help. “Steven has

always been the type of person

whowould go out of his way to

lphis friends, family and even

strangers in need,” she says.

“Even growing up, when his

friends needed help, he would

always ask us, his family, if

they could stay until they got

back on their feet. Our family

andSteven’sclosest friends

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REFUSES TO SPEAK!

The NSW Police

Force have set up

a command post

at a shopping

centre in Stockton.

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udentLeighLeighonNovember3, 1989

atshattered the innocence of the Hunter.

The Newcastle High School student was one

about 100 young people at a birthday party

theNorth Stockton SurfClub when she was

ped,assaultedandbludgeoned to death.

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Webster, an

8-year-old

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However,it wastheStocktoncommunity’sinitial

reluctance to “dob in” one of their own that

caused shock waves around Australia.

Leigh had been preyed upon by Webster

when she had returned to the party after being

sexually assaulted by a younger man. Webster,

a bouncer at the party, said he had smoked

about 15 cones of marijuana and drank about

a case of twist-top beers before he murdered

Leighaftersherefusedhissexualadvances.

Websterwasreleasedfromjailin 2004 on

wasthemurder of14-year-oldYear 8 butlaterconfessedtotheviciouskilling.

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murder

mystery