A DNA match obtained last year has linked skeletal remains found on a South Australian beach more than four decades ago to a man who disappeared in 1976, an inquest .
A DNA match obtained last year has linked skeletal remains found on a South Australian beach more than four decades ago to a man who disappeared in 1976, an inquest .
Updated: Apr 16 2021, 6:09 ET
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A SMALL town in the Australian outback has been branded completely lawless as its lack of police presence sees violent sex attacks go unchecked.
Shocking assaults are a regular occurrence in the community of Fregon as it is totally off the radar of cops, with the town thrust into the spotlight after a nurse was brutally raped and murdered.
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Fregon, a small town in South Australia, has been branded completely lawless Credit: MAPIO
Gayle Woodford, 56, took up a job with Nganampa Health Council in South Australia, and often went to Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands.
The mother-of-two s body was found in a shallow grave three days after she went missing from her home in Fregon - some 1,300km north of Adelaide - in 2016, reports the Daily Mail.
A permanent police presence should be established in the South Australian outback town of Fregon where outback nurse Gayle Woodford was brutally raped and murdered, a coroner has recommended.
SA Deputy Coroner Anthony Schapel has handed down his findings into the death of Ms Woodford in 2016.
The 56-year-old s body was found buried in a crude grave three days after she went missing from her Fregon home.
Gayle Woodford s (pictured) body was found buried in a crude grave three days after she went missing from her Fregon home in SA s north
Dudley Davey (pictured third from left) subsequently pleaded guilty to her rape and murder and is serving a minimum 32-year jail term
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Police should be stationed in the South Australian outback town of Fregon where outback nurse Gayle Woodford was brutally raped and murdered, a coroner has recommended.
SA Deputy Coroner Anthony Schapel on Thursday handed down his findings into the death of Ms Woodford in 2016, declaring it perverse that a town of such lawlessness had no permanent police presence.
The 56 year old s body was found buried in a crude grave three days after she went missing from her Fregon home.
It s believed Davey, who had a significant history of violent and sexual offending, tricked Ms Woodford into opening a security cage around her home and overpowered her as she walked to her ambulance.