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"Cheryl had a friendly attitude and had the habit of talking to strange people," she says.
In April 1971, the investigative police – Detective Sergeant Joe Parrington and Detective Sergeant Phillip Findlay – were called to speak to an inmate. Richard Wilson, a defense lawyer, asked on Friday: "Realistically, before you went there, you had information that this person admitted to having participated directly in his disappearance (Cheryl)?"
Mr Findlay, now retired, replied: "It was enough to warrant a quick response to what we were told."
According to a police scrapbook filed in court: "(the accused) then admits that he was responsible for the disappearance of the child Cheryl Gene Grimmer."
L & D Teenager reportedly told the detectives that he "brought it to the sandhills" where he tied her hands behind her back with a lace, and put a handkerchief in her mouth, tied with the Other, the document
"He claims then that he took the girl … from Fairy Meadow to a bush area … with the intention of having reports bad with her. "
But when Cheryl started screaming and "seemed to stop breathing" he would have covered his body with leaves and left.
In May 1971, the teenager was taken to the area, showing the police the location of his alleged crime. His body has never been found.
Police investigations were conducted with witnesses, owners, social welfare centers and a psychiatric ward in Brisbane where the detainee had stayed twice.
Wollongong at the time of Cheryl's death, it could not be "definitely determined" by the police and there was no direct evidence.
"The record … in his interview record was checked as much as possible and no material evidence of it" a "Overall, it is considered that without material evidence for the to link directly to the missing child, it would not be desirable to take any measure to corroborate it, "said Findlay."
Outside the court, Cheryl's family said that they were hoping for a resolution soon.
"I just want it to be over as soon as possible, but the legal system just takes so long – it can" His brother, Ricki Grimmer, said:
The alleged murderer , who is in detention, will appear by videoconference at the Supreme Court in Sydney on September 7.
AAP
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