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Phillips. However, at the time of the murder, DNA technology had not yet arrived and so only a blood-type match was made which did not sufficiently link Fletcher definitively to the murder. The Queensland Government authorised a $ 50,000 reward for information leading to the apprehension of Phillip's murder on 8 August 1998. Fletcher would be charged with the murder 11 years later when DNA technology was developed, enabling investigators to conclude Fletcher was the contributor to the semen found in Phillips.
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