Sunshine Coast Criminal Investigation Branch officer-in-charge Daren Edwards recently provided an update on the case after Sam was sentenced to 15 years in prison in August 2001 for the murder of 16-year-old Jessica Gaudie. Brisbane, July 23, 2001. Derek Bellington Sam, 28, leaves Brisbane Supreme Court. (AAP Image/Vera Devai) NO ARCHIVING
Sam is also linked to the suspicious deaths of British backpacker Celena Bridge and teacher aide Sabrina Glassop.
The three women disappeared between July 1998 and August 1999 and have never been found.
The 28-year-old Ms Bridge was the first to disappear after she set off for a hike to the Little Yabba Creek camping ground at Kenilworth on July 16, 1998.
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Subscriber only A robber who donned a full chemical suit before spraying Coast pharmacy staff with a suspicious liquid and threatening them with a bomb has eluded police for the six years since the shocking crime. The man entered the Twin Waters Pharmacy on Ocean Dr in a hazmat suit about 12.15pm on January 15, 2015 and yelled that he was carrying rat poison and a bomb. The offender spent 40 minutes at the Twin Waters shopping centre before he committed the crime. At the time detectives said they are very concerned that the wanted man was still at large. Sunshine Coast Criminal Investigation Branch officer-in-charge Daren Edwards this week said police were unable to identify the man.