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Watts's in
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The couple were charged on 15 December with the abduction, rape and murder of Kingi. During questioning, Watts refused to speak, but Beck was more talkative. Between Beck's comments and secret recordings from their adjacent holding cells, investigators were able to recreate the crime. Beck explained
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When police visited the Lowood property on 11 December, evidence indicated that Watts and Beck had last been there on 4 December (when news of the discovery of the body broke). Cut hair and dye kits indicated that both had changed their appearance. Fortunately, the owner of the property had received
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At a committal hearing in April 1988, Beck pleaded guilty to the abduction and rape, and not guilty to the murder, while Watts pleaded not guilty to all charges. The couple were tried separately at the Noosa
Magistrates Court primarily on Beck's testimony. Beck's trial commenced in October 1988 and
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Townsville Correctional Centre. She was also said to have converted to Christianity
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with interstate registration that had been seen in the general area. In the weeks that followed, as police gathered evidence, numerous other incidents were linked to the vehicle (although exact details of the vehicle often varied), including the suspicious behaviour of the driver and three other
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how Watts, unsatisfied with her because she was ten years his senior, had fantasised about raping a young virgin. After a number of previous attempts on other victims in
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failed due to lack of evidence. In 2007, in an unsuccessful effort to promote his parole chances, Watts finally confessed to his involvement in the murder of Kingi.
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discovery of Kingi's body on 3 December 1987, 15 kilometres away in a dry creek bed in the
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691:"How a surfing icon took down Sian Kingi's sadistic killers"
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assault incidents. The owner of the vehicle, confirmed as
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794:from the original on 25 July 2019
282:Valmae Beck (1986–1990; divorced)
839:"Child killer Valmae Beck dead"
453:regarding three other unsolved
550:"Child killer witness haunted"
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468:Crime Investigation Australia
203:The Entrance, New South Wales
897:Kidnapped New Zealand people
637:Casefile: True Crime Podcast
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486:David and Catherine Birnie
912:Child murder in Australia
867:1987 murders in Australia
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667:Letters of a child killer
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633:"Case 101: Sian Kingi"
365:Townsville, Queensland
134:New Zealand-Australian
106:New Zealand Australian
86:Tinbeerwah, Queensland
882:Female murder victims
751:'I killed Sian Kingi'
717:"I killed Sian Kingi"
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922:Murder in Queensland
825:Sunshine Coast Daily
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862:1980s in Queensland
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511:Wanda Beach Murders
491:List of kidnappings
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517:References
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