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Case 39: Janelle Patton

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Janelle McCoy's Body Was Found

Janelle's body was officially found at 6.30pm by a New Zealand woman on holiday. She saw the black plastic sheet and immediately called the police. A detective was on scene within 10 minutes of Janelle being reported missing. He felt for a pulse to make sure she was dead, but could not find one. By mid-evening, half of Norfolk Island already knew about her death. Her landlady Ruth McCoy formally identified her body. The first impression he had was that Janelle had been sexually assaulted. But there didn't seem to be a motive of any sort since she was still wearing a lot of jewelry.

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