Post by Deleted on Jan 22, 2014 15:38:09 GMT
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Twelve-year-old Yvonne Tuohy was at a beach in the small town of Warneet, in Westernport Bay, Victoria, one day in July 1969. She was talking with her friend Shane Spiller, then aged 11. Percy, a 21-year-old naval rating, seized Tuohy and put a knife to her throat. He would probably have abducted Spiller as well, but Spiller was carrying a tomahawk which he waved to stop Percy approaching him. Percy abducted Tuohy and drove off with her.
Spiller was able to describe Percy, his car, and a naval badge on the car, to police. The description led police to HMAS Cerberus, from where Percy was on weekend leave. They found him within three hours of the murder and caught him red handed. He was washing the blood from his clothes.
Twelve-year-old Yvonne Tuohy was at a beach in the small town of Warneet, in Westernport Bay, Victoria, one day in July 1969. She was talking with her friend Shane Spiller, then aged 11. Percy, a 21-year-old naval rating, seized Tuohy and put a knife to her throat. He would probably have abducted Spiller as well, but Spiller was carrying a tomahawk which he waved to stop Percy approaching him. Percy abducted Tuohy and drove off with her.
Spiller was able to describe Percy, his car, and a naval badge on the car, to police. The description led police to HMAS Cerberus, from where Percy was on weekend leave. They found him within three hours of the murder and caught him red handed. He was washing the blood from his clothes.
