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William Bayly is convicted of murder in New Zealand despite the factthat the body of one of his alleged victims was never found. Most of theevidence against Bayly consisted of trace amounts of human hair, bone,and tissue, representing a marked advance in the field of forensics.Sam and Christobel Lakey disappeared from their farm in Ruawaro, NewZealand, in October 1933, along with their rifles. Christobel’s bodysoon turned up in a pond on the farm with terrible bruising to her faceand head, and investigators then discovered fresh bloodstains in both anold buggy and a barn, leading them to believe that Sam had been shot andtransported somewhere else.One of the first suspects was William Bayly, who owned a farm adjacentto the Lakey’s, and who was known to have argued with his neighborsfrequently. Years earlier, he had been suspected of killing his cousin,but was released due to insufficient evidence. Suggesting to police thatSam Lakey had probably fled after killing his wife, Bayly soon droppedout of sight himself.Meanwhile, detectives found the missing rifles buried in a swamp onLakey’s property. Following up on a report that there had been thicksmoke coming from a shed on Bayly’s property on the day that the Lakeysdisappeared, investigators found pieces of hair and bones, ash, andshotgun lead in a large oil drum inside the shed. It appeared that Baylyhad cremated Sam Lakey’s body in this drum.Tests of the hair and bone fragments from the drum in the shed provedthat they were human in origin. Baley was convicted and hanged at MountEden Jail in July.
73, Scott kf5jrv
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